Person in a relationship of trust
s 16
Open ↗(1) If a person who commits any offence under this Act or any offence specified in the Schedule against a child, is in a relationship of trust with the child, such person shall, in addition to the punishment to which he is liable for such offence, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years and shall also be punished with whipping of not less than two strokes. (2) In this section, a person is said to be in a relationship of trust with a child if the child is under his care, supervision or authority, including but not limited to— (a) a parent, guardian or person who is related through full- blood or half-blood, or through marriage or adoption, including de facto adoption; (b) a person who looks after one or more children for valuable consideration for any period of time; (c) a teacher, lecturer or warden of a kindergarten, school, public institution of higher learning or private institution of higher learning; (d) any person providing healthcare services in a Government healthcare facility or private healthcare facility as defined in section 2 of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 [Act 586]; (e) a coach; and (f) a public servant of whatever rank in the course of his duty under any written law in respect of the child.