Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 229E

229E prostitution

(1) A person engages in
"prostitution" if the person engages, or offers to engage, in the provision to another person, under an arrangement of a commercial character, of any of the following activities—

(a) sexual intercourse;

(b) masturbation;

(c) oral sex;

(d) any activity, other than sexual intercourse, masturbation or oral sex, that involves the use of 1 person by another for his or her sexual satisfaction involving physical contact.

(2) However, a person does not engage in prostitution if—

(a) the activity is an activity mentioned in subsection (1) (d) ; and

(b) the person is providing adult entertainment under an adult entertainment permit and is an adult and is not a person with an impairment of the mind; and

(c) the activity is authorised under the permit.

(3) Subsection (1) applies equally to males and females.

(4) It does not matter, in relation to an arrangement for the provision of an activity mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) , whether—

(a) the arrangement is initiated with the person engaging in the provision of the activity or a third person; or

(b) the pecuniary or other reward under the arrangement is to be received by the person engaging in the provision of the activity or a third person.

(5) In this section—

"oral sex" means the bringing into contact of any part of the genitalia or anus of a person with any part of the mouth of another person.