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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 229HB

Carrying on business of providing unlawful prostitution

229HB Carrying on business of providing unlawful prostitution

(1) A person who knowingly carries on the business of providing unlawful prostitution commits a crime.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) However, if a person who is not an adult or is a person with an impairment of the mind is, to the offender’s knowledge, engaged in the provision of the prostitution, the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment.
(2A) The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q also states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.
(2B) An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.
(3) This section and section 229H do not limit each other.



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