PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 19

PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 - SECT 19

19 .         Child not to seek services of prostitute

        (1)         A child is not to seek another person to act as a prostitute.

        Penalty: $6 000.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1), a child seeks another person to act as a prostitute if the child —

            (a)         invites or requests another person to act as a prostitute; or

            (b)         loiters in or frequents a place for the purpose of, or with the intention of —

                  (i)         inviting or requesting another person to act as a prostitute; or

                  (ii)         receiving an invitation for another person to act as a prostitute.

        (3)         It makes no difference —

            (a)         whether or not the child is the prospective client; or

            (b)         whether or not a particular person is sought to act as a prostitute; or

            (c)         whether the child makes or intends to make the invitation or request directly or through someone else to, or intends to receive the invitation directly or through someone else from, the person whom the child seeks to act as a prostitute.

        [Section 19 amended: No. 50 of 2003 s. 87(4).]