{"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section class=\"section\" repealed=\"n\" title=\"[CR 233] s 233 Brothels\"> <div class=\"title\"> <h2 class=\"sectiontitle\"> <span class=\"edpnum\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"3\">[CR 233]\u2003</span> </span> <span id=\"5\">Brothels</span> </h2> </div> <span id=\"1943\">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.S233..A\"></div> <span class=\"lilabel\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233..A\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"18\">(a)</span> </span> <span id=\"1944\">keeps or manages, or acts or assists in the management, of a brothel; or</span> </li> </ul> <ul type=\"none\"> <li> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233..B\"></div> <span class=\"lilabel\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233..B\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"18\">(b)</span> </span> <span id=\"1945\">being the tenant, lessee or occupier of any premises knowingly permits the premises or any part of the premises to be used as a brothel, or for the purposes of habitual prostitution; or</span> </li> </ul> <ul type=\"none\"> <li> <div class=\"hiddendiv\" data-value=\"LOF.CAP17.SGM_LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233..C\"></div> <span class=\"lilabel\"> <span class=\"hidden\" data-refpt_id=\"LOF.CAP17.CRAFJ09.S233..C\" daya-type=\"ext\"></span> <span id=\"18\">(c)</span> </span> <span id=\"1946\">being the lessor or landlord of any premises (or the agent of such lessor or landlord) lets the premises or any part of them with the knowledge that the premises are or is to be used as a brothel, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of such premises as a brothel.</span> </li> </ul> <penalty xmlns:r=\"http://www.rsuitecms.com/rsuite/ns/metadata\"> <span id=\"1947\">Penalty \u2014 Imprisonment for 5 years or a fine of $10,000, or both.</span> </penalty> <div class=\"histnote\"> <p> <span>[s 233 am Act 31 of 2016 s 193, 1 December 2016]</span> </p> </div> </section>"}