Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prostitution Control Act 1994 - SECT 10

Living on earnings of prostitute

10. Living on earnings of prostitute



(1) A person must not knowingly live wholly or in part on, or derive a
material benefit from, the earnings of prostitution.

Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

(3) A person is not guilty of an offence against subsection (1) only because
of deriving income as a prostitution service provider if-

   (a)  there has been granted, and is in force, any licence required under
        Part 3 to authorise the person who is carrying on the business to
        carry on that business; and

   (b)  there has been granted, and is in force, any permit required under the
        Planning and Environment Act 1987 for the use or development of the
        land for the purposes of the business.

(4) In a proceeding for an offence against subsection (1) it is a defence to
the charge for the accused to prove that he or she did not hold a relevant
position (whether in his or her own right or on behalf of any other person) in
the prostitution service providing business or exercise a significant
influence over or with respect to the management or operation of that
business.