Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Prostitution Control Act 1994 - SECT 59

Power to require person to state age

59. Power to require person to state age



(1) If a member of the police force or an inspector has reason to believe that
a person in a brothel appears to be under the age of 18 years, he or she may
demand particulars of the person's age.

(2) If the member of the police force or the inspector considers that any
particulars supplied by a person in response to a demand under subsection (1)
are false, he or she may require the person to give satisfactory evidence of
the correctness of the particulars.





(3) A person must not-

   (a)  refuse or fail to give particulars of his or her age; or

   (b)  give any false particulars of his or her age; or

   (c)  supply any false evidence as to his or her age-

in response to a demand under subsection (1).

Penalty: 20 penalty units.