Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 229HC

229HC Persons engaging in or obtaining prostitution through unlawful prostitution business

(1) A person who engages in prostitution through a business suspected on reasonable grounds of providing unlawful prostitution commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—imprisonment for 3 years; or

(b) for a second offence—imprisonment for 5 years; or

(c) for a third or subsequent offence—imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) A person who, without reasonable excuse, obtains prostitution through a business suspected on reasonable grounds of providing unlawful prostitution commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—imprisonment for 3 years; or

(b) for a second offence—imprisonment for 5 years; or

(c) for a third or subsequent offence—imprisonment for 7 years.