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SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 26

26—Living on the earnings of prostitution

        (1)         A person who knowingly lives, wholly or in part, on the earnings of prostitution of another person is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), the fact that a person lives with, or is habitually in the company of, a prostitute and has no visible lawful means of support is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof that that person is knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution.



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