{"ActName":"CRIMES ACT 2009","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"<p> <span id=\"4\">AN ACT TO REPEAL THE PENAL CODE AND MAKE COMPREHENSIVE PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND TO PRESCRIBE A RANGE OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES</span> </p>","act_last_updated":"08 August 2026","section_html":"<section class=\"section\" repealed=\"n\" title=\"[CR 230] s 230 Person living on earnings of prostitution or persistently soliciting\"> <div class=\"title\"> <h2 class=\"sectiontitle\"> <span class=\"edpnum\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"3\">[CR 230]\u2003</span> </span> <span id=\"5\">Person living on earnings of prostitution or persistently soliciting</span> </h2> </div> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1\"></div> <div class=\"subsect\"> <span class=\"designum\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"6\">(1)\u2003</span> </span> <span id=\"1921\">A person commits a summary offence if he or she\u2014</span> <ul type=\"none\"> <li> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1.A\"></div> <span class=\"lilabel\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1.A\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"18\">(a)</span> </span> <span id=\"1922\">knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution; or</span> </li> </ul> <ul type=\"none\"> <li> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1.B\"></div> <span class=\"lilabel\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.1.B\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"18\">(b)</span> </span> <span id=\"1923\">in any public place persistently solicits or offers a person for immoral purposes.</span> </li> </ul> <penalty xmlns:r=\"http://www.rsuitecms.com/rsuite/ns/metadata\"> <span id=\"1924\">Penalty \u2014 Imprisonment for 6 months.</span> </penalty> <span id=\"1925\"></span> </div> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.2\"></div> <div class=\"subsect\"> <span class=\"designum\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S230.2\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"6\">(2)\u2003</span> </span> <span id=\"1926\">Where a person is proved to live with or to be habitually in the company of a prostitute or is proved to have exercised control, direction or influence over the movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that he or she is aiding, abetting or compelling his or her prostitution with any other person (or generally), he or she shall unless the court is satisfied to the contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution.</span> </div> </section>"}