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Sexual
Offences Act
August 17, 2001
Contents
PART
I
Preliminary
1. Short
title.
2. Interpretation.
1 Short
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This Act may be cited
as the Sexual Offences Act [Chapter 9:21].
2 Interpretation
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(1) In this Act—
"brothel"
means any place which is occupied or used for purposes of prostitution
or for persons to visit for the purpose of having extra-marital sexual
intercourse for money or reward;
"extra-marital
sexual intercourse" means sexual intercourse otherwise than between
husband and wife;
"HIV"
means the human immuno-deficiency virus;
"keeper",
in relation to a brothel, has the meaning set out in subsection (2);
"owner",
in relation to any place, includes a person who lets or sublets or permits
the occupation of the place, whether in his own right or on behalf of
another person;
"place"
includes any premises, enclosure, vehicle or boat or any part thereof;
"prostitute"
means a person who for money or reward—
(a) habitually
allows other persons to have extra-marital sexual intercourse with
him or her; or
(b) solicits
other persons to have extra-marital sexual intercourse with him or
her;
"young person"
means a boy or girl under the age of sixteen years.
(2) The following
persons shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be keepers of
a brothel—
(a) any person
who manages the brothel or assists in its management;
(b) the owner
of the brothel, if he uses the place as a brothel or knowingly allows
it to be so used;
(c) any person
who knowingly receives the whole or any part of any money taken in the
brothel;
(d) any person
who resides in the brothel, unless he proves that he was ignorant of
the character of the place;
(e) any person
found in the brothel who wilfully refuses to disclose the name and identity
of the keeper or owner thereof.
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