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Sexual
Offences Act
August 17, 2001
Contents
PART
IV
Suppression
of Prostitution
9. Brothels
and pimping.
10. Detention of persons for sexual purposes.
11. Procuring.
12. Coercing or inducing a person to have extra-marital
intercourse.
13. Use of place as brothel renders lease void.
14. Summary ejectment when place is kept or used as brothel.
9 Brothels
and pimping TOP
(1) Any person
who—
(a) is the
keeper of a brothel; or
(b) knowingly
lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution; or
(c) solicits
or importunes other persons for immoral purposes; or
(d) demands
from a prostitute money in consideration of his—
(i) keeping,
managing or assisting in the keeping of a brothel in which the prostitute
is, or has been, living for immoral purposes; or
(ii) having
solicited or importuned other persons for immoral purposes with the
prostitute; or
(iii) having
effected the prostitute’s entry into a brothel for the purpose of
prostitution; or
(iv) having
brought or assisted in bringing the prostitute into Zimbabwe for immoral
purposes; or
(v) present
or past immoral connection with him;
shall be guilty
of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars
or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such
fine and such imprisonment.
(2) If, in a prosecution
for an offence under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), it is proved that
a person consorted or lived with or was habitually in the company of a
prostitute, and has no visible means of subsistence, that person shall
be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been knowingly living
on the earnings of prostitution.
10 Detention of persons for sexual purposes TOP
Any person who detains
any other person against his or her will with the intention of contravening
section three, four or eight shall be guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine
and such imprisonment.
11 Procuring TOP
Any person who procures
any other person—
(a) to have
sexual intercourse in contravention of section three, four
or eight, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe; or
(b) to become
a prostitute, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe; or
(c) to leave
Zimbabwe with the intent that the other person may become a prostitute;
or
(d) to leave
his or her usual place of residence, not being a brothel, with the intent
that he or she may become an inmate of or frequent a brothel elsewhere;
shall be guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine
and such imprisonment.
12 Coercing or inducing a person to have extra-marital
sexual intercourse TOP
Any person who, to
enable himself or anyone else to have extra-marital sexual intercourse
with another person—
(a) threatens
or intimidates that other person; or
(b) applies
or administers any intoxicating drug, liquor, matter or thing to that
other person; or
(c) causes
that other person to take any intoxicating drug, liquor, matter or thing;
shall be guilty of
an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars or
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine
and such imprisonment.
13 Use of place as brothel renders lease void TOP
(1) If any leased
premises are kept or used as a brothel by or with the consent or acquiescence
of the lessee, the lease shall become void with effect from the date on
which the leased premises were first so used:
Provided that, if
the lessor proves that he was unaware that the premises were so used,
he shall be entitled to recover the rent up to the date upon which he
became aware of that fact.
(2) The reference
in subsection (1) to a lease includes a sublease, and "lessee"
and "lessor" shall be construed accordingly.
14 Summary ejectment when place is kept or used as
brothel TOP
A
magistrate shall have jurisdiction, on the application of the owner or
lessor of any place within the magistrate’s province which is being kept
or used as a brothel, to order summary ejectment of any person who is
so keeping or using the place.
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