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THE ‘SEX PURCHASE ACT’‘ CHAPTER 6, SECTION 11 OF THE SWEDISH PENAL CODE A person who, otherwise than as previously provided in this chapter, obtains a casual sexual relation in return for payment, shall be sentenced for purchase of sexual service to a fine or imprisonment for a maximum period of one year. The provision of the first paragraph shall also apply if the payment was promised or given by another person.’If the purchase of the sexual service is from a person between 15 and 18 years of age, the act is considered as purchase of sexual service from a minor and carries a higher punishment, fines or prison up to two years. If the purchase of a sexual service is from someone under the age of 15, the act is considered rape of a minor, regardless of the circumstances.