Cap. 16 Art. 128EUse of force.

A person who uses or threatens to use any force or restraint or injures or threatens to injure, or causes or threatens to cause anything to the detriment of a parent of a child with the intention of:

(a) inducing a parent to offer or refrain from offering the child for adoption;

(b) influencing a parent on whether or not to consent to the adoption, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months but not exceeding six months or to a fine (multa) of not less than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69) but not more than two thousand and three hundred and twenty-nine euro and thirty-seven cents (2,329.37), or to both.