Latest items for IRP-LAW-1
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:29 p.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"He moved his operations to Spain in 2017 when Ireland made it illegal to advertise sex" (para 9). "A total of 1,995 people have been charged with buying sex since it became an offence in February 2017" (para 13).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"He moved his operations to Spain in 2017 when Ireland made it illegal to advertise sex" (para 9). "A total of 1,995 people have been charged with buying sex since it became an offence in February 2017" (para 13).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:52 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently sex work is legal in Britain (excluding Northern Ireland), although there are caveats" (para 5). "[T]he law prohibits street solicitation – i.e. offering sexual services while in a public location" (para 6). "It is also illegal in Britain to serve as a sex worker employer – this would generally fall under the category of pimping and/or brothel-keeping" (para 7).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently sex work is legal in Britain (excluding Northern Ireland), although there are caveats" (para 5). "[T]he law prohibits street solicitation – i.e. offering sexual services while in a public location" (para 6). "It is also illegal in Britain to serve as a sex worker employer – this would generally fall under the category of pimping and/or brothel-keeping" (para 7).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"It is intended to end a grey zone created in 2022 when sex work was decriminalised in Belgium but without conferring any protections on sex workers, or labour rights such as unemployment benefit or health insurance" (par. 4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"It is intended to end a grey zone created in 2022 when sex work was decriminalised in Belgium but without conferring any protections on sex workers, or labour rights such as unemployment benefit or health insurance" (par. 4).
Nov. 16, 2024, 2:53 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased" (para 3). "Prostitution remains illegal under state law. But like marijuana, it operates in New York City in a sort of legal netherworld — subject to arrest in certain circumstances, but not others" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Those policy decisions coincided with the implementation of two state laws that altered how law enforcement approaches sex work: One ended police officers’ power to arrest people suspected of loitering for the purpose of prostitution, and another allowed for old prostitution-related convictions to be erased" (para 3). "Prostitution remains illegal under state law. But like marijuana, it operates in New York City in a sort of legal netherworld — subject to arrest in certain circumstances, but not others" (para 6).
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved...in particular the adoption of the following…[c]ombating forced prostitution, from 2007 to 2014" (1, 2). "The Committee notes that prostitution is legal in the State party, but regulated by regulation No. 32 regarding the restriction of prostitution, and that a draft law on prostitution restriction is still under consideration. It is concerned by: the lack of information on exit programmes for women who wish to leave prostitution; the conflation of the concepts of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and forced prostitution in the Criminal Law, which may in practice lead to the revictimization of women who are victims of trafficking, rendering them even...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The Committee welcomes the progress achieved...in particular the adoption of the following…[c]ombating forced prostitution, from 2007 to 2014" (1, 2). "The Committee notes that prostitution is legal in the State party, but regulated by regulation No. 32 regarding the restriction of prostitution, and that a draft law on prostitution restriction is still under consideration. It is concerned by: the lack of information on exit programmes for women who wish to leave prostitution; the conflation of the concepts of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and forced prostitution in the Criminal Law, which may in practice lead to the revictimization of women who are victims of trafficking, rendering them even...more
Nov. 1, 2024, 9:38 a.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill — also known as the Jeffery Bill — which proposes removing all criminal penalties relating to prostitution, including pimping and brothel-owning, has been approved at the first stage. Its supporters are keen to highlight the least contentious component of the new law: those selling sex (primarily women and girls) will no longer be arrested" (para 2). "Incredibly, the bill [decriminallizing prostitution] would repeal prohibitions against 'any conspiracy to induce a female to engage in sexual acts, and kidnapping for purposes of sexual acts against a person’s will, including if such female is under the age of 16' and 'the ability...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill — also known as the Jeffery Bill — which proposes removing all criminal penalties relating to prostitution, including pimping and brothel-owning, has been approved at the first stage. Its supporters are keen to highlight the least contentious component of the new law: those selling sex (primarily women and girls) will no longer be arrested" (para 2). "Incredibly, the bill [decriminallizing prostitution] would repeal prohibitions against 'any conspiracy to induce a female to engage in sexual acts, and kidnapping for purposes of sexual acts against a person’s will, including if such female is under the age of 16' and 'the ability...more
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In 2013, the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Prohibition) Act (CSEC) was passed. The CSEC Act gave effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. It defined several types of commercial sexual exploitation of children and tougher penalties for perpetrators. It made provisions for victim support and restitution" (3). "The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Prohibition Act of 2012 and the Trafficking in Person (Prohibition Act) 2013 both offer better protection for victims of these crimes. Both were developed to comply with international treaties. In the case of the CSEC Act, it included...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In 2013, the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (Prohibition) Act (CSEC) was passed. The CSEC Act gave effect to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography. It defined several types of commercial sexual exploitation of children and tougher penalties for perpetrators. It made provisions for victim support and restitution" (3). "The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Prohibition Act of 2012 and the Trafficking in Person (Prohibition Act) 2013 both offer better protection for victims of these crimes. Both were developed to comply with international treaties. In the case of the CSEC Act, it included...more
Aug. 21, 2024, 3:42 p.m.
Countries: Luxembourg
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Right of entry for the police investigators: The draft law provides for police officers, with prior authorisation of the state prosecutor, to enter the premises in which there are certain and precise clues that pimping is being committed. In addition, investigating officers may also, with prior authorisation of the state prosecutor, enter hotels, boarding houses, drinking establishments, clubs, clubs, dance halls, venues and their annexes, as well as any other place open to the public or used by the public, when people engaged in prostitution are usually found there."
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Right of entry for the police investigators: The draft law provides for police officers, with prior authorisation of the state prosecutor, to enter the premises in which there are certain and precise clues that pimping is being committed. In addition, investigating officers may also, with prior authorisation of the state prosecutor, enter hotels, boarding houses, drinking establishments, clubs, clubs, dance halls, venues and their annexes, as well as any other place open to the public or used by the public, when people engaged in prostitution are usually found there."
Aug. 14, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In Lithuania prostitution or are extradited with excellent experience of hiding from the state control, most of them - return with any sexually transmitted infection. Sex workers are deprived of any right for social security and of protection from violence of pimps and customers." (21)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In Lithuania prostitution or are extradited with excellent experience of hiding from the state control, most of them - return with any sexually transmitted infection. Sex workers are deprived of any right for social security and of protection from violence of pimps and customers." (21)
July 23, 2024, 3:01 p.m.
Countries: Papua New Guinea
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex indoors is illegal, there is a criminal offence for keeping any indoor premises of any kind for 'purposes of prostitution'. Soliciting in public not specifically criminalised. There are laws against living on the earnings of 'prostitution' that apply to sex workers themselves and their own earnings so effectively all sex work is criminalised" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping and living on the earnings criminalised" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex indoors is illegal, there is a criminal offence for keeping any indoor premises of any kind for 'purposes of prostitution'. Soliciting in public not specifically criminalised. There are laws against living on the earnings of 'prostitution' that apply to sex workers themselves and their own earnings so effectively all sex work is criminalised" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, brothel-keeping and living on the earnings criminalised" (para 3).
July 23, 2024, 1:39 p.m.
Countries: Paraguay
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal at the national level and there are no associated activities criminalised at the national level. There are, however, local ordinances which prohibit activities like soliciting in the streets. One example is Ordinance 240/2014 from the Encarnación municipality, which effectively criminalises public soliciting using vague and unclear language. Paraguay also has strict anti-trafficking laws that can be used to intimidate sex workers and impose fines and other administrative impediments to their work" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Organising and managing is not criminalised at the national level" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal at the national level and there are no associated activities criminalised at the national level. There are, however, local ordinances which prohibit activities like soliciting in the streets. One example is Ordinance 240/2014 from the Encarnación municipality, which effectively criminalises public soliciting using vague and unclear language. Paraguay also has strict anti-trafficking laws that can be used to intimidate sex workers and impose fines and other administrative impediments to their work" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Organising and managing is not criminalised at the national level" (para 3).
July 19, 2024, 1:04 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Senegal only if sex workers register and have regular medical check ups. Only about a quarter of sex workers are registered in Senegal. The rest are working illegally. In addition it is illegal to solicit" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - 'pimping', acting as an intermediary, owning a ‘prostitution establishment’ and 'living with a person habitually engaged in prostitution' are all illegal. Authorities also tightly regulate locations of commercial sex businesses" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Senegal only if sex workers register and have regular medical check ups. Only about a quarter of sex workers are registered in Senegal. The rest are working illegally. In addition it is illegal to solicit" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - 'pimping', acting as an intermediary, owning a ‘prostitution establishment’ and 'living with a person habitually engaged in prostitution' are all illegal. Authorities also tightly regulate locations of commercial sex businesses" (para 3).
July 19, 2024, 11:48 a.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Yes selling sex is criminalised under Public Law and Order laws" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised under Public Law and Order laws" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes organising and managing is criminalised and prosecuted under the penal code as pimping" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Yes selling sex is criminalised under Public Law and Order laws" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? Yes buying sex is criminalised under Public Law and Order laws" (para 2). "Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes organising and managing is criminalised and prosecuted under the penal code as pimping" (para 3).
July 13, 2024, 11:35 a.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"A misyar marriage is legal in the UAE." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"A misyar marriage is legal in the UAE." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 13, 2024, 11:33 a.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The practice of “summer marriages” or Mut’ah (temporary marriages not registered in court) also occurs in Syria among Shi’a Muslims." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The practice of “summer marriages” or Mut’ah (temporary marriages not registered in court) also occurs in Syria among Shi’a Muslims." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 13, 2024, 11:25 a.m.
Countries: Palestine
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Mutʿa (temporary) marriages involve a marriage contract that includes a date of dissolution. Such contracts are permissible according to Shiʿa Islam but are strongly condemned amongst Sunni Muslims, predominant in Palestine, who consider such temporary marriages as a form of illegitimate sexual intimacy." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Mutʿa (temporary) marriages involve a marriage contract that includes a date of dissolution. Such contracts are permissible according to Shiʿa Islam but are strongly condemned amongst Sunni Muslims, predominant in Palestine, who consider such temporary marriages as a form of illegitimate sexual intimacy." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 13, 2024, 11:22 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Shiite Muslims in Lebanon is the largest religious group that supports temporary marriage. It is even legalized as a valid union as it has all the formalities of ordinary marriage including contracts as well as payment of dowry" (para. 2) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Shiite Muslims in Lebanon is the largest religious group that supports temporary marriage. It is even legalized as a valid union as it has all the formalities of ordinary marriage including contracts as well as payment of dowry" (para. 2) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 13, 2024, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: Kuwait
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Temporary marriages (misyar) are prohibited" (Page 14) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Temporary marriages (misyar) are prohibited" (Page 14) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 13, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Temporary marriages are prohibited. Article 31 of the JPSA provides that a temporary marriage contract is considered invalid (fāsid)." (14) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Temporary marriages are prohibited. Article 31 of the JPSA provides that a temporary marriage contract is considered invalid (fāsid)." (14) (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 9, 2024, 4:09 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Spain but there is a law against doing sex work 'in areas of public transit, or close to places where minors are (schools, parks) or in areas where there is a risk for the road safety’. Also, each local authority has discretion to regulate sex work as it chooses. This means that in many areas there are rules against soliciting in certain places in public and sex workers can be fined for breaching these. E.g. according to Sexual Rights Initiative Database, available at https://sexualrightsdatabase.org/page/welcome Barcelona in 2012 prohibited all sex work in the streets" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in Spain but there is a law against doing sex work 'in areas of public transit, or close to places where minors are (schools, parks) or in areas where there is a risk for the road safety’. Also, each local authority has discretion to regulate sex work as it chooses. This means that in many areas there are rules against soliciting in certain places in public and sex workers can be fined for breaching these. E.g. according to Sexual Rights Initiative Database, available at https://sexualrightsdatabase.org/page/welcome Barcelona in 2012 prohibited all sex work in the streets" (para 1). "Is buying sex criminalised? No...more
July 9, 2024, 9:23 a.m.
Countries: Swaziland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In a booklet that is being circulated by an NGO known as COSPE titled 'Know Your Rights, Sex Work and The Law in Eswatni ' it states that “sex work is not a crime and sex workers are not criminals” police cannot arrest anybody simply because he is a sex worker, or being associated with sex workers" (para 1). "The booklet points out that there is an outdated piece of legislation, the crimes act of 1889 which is often used against sex workers. The law criminalizes the act of loitering in public for the purposes of prostitution" (para 2). "Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV)Act Lawyer Mzwandile Masuku was once...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In a booklet that is being circulated by an NGO known as COSPE titled 'Know Your Rights, Sex Work and The Law in Eswatni ' it states that “sex work is not a crime and sex workers are not criminals” police cannot arrest anybody simply because he is a sex worker, or being associated with sex workers" (para 1). "The booklet points out that there is an outdated piece of legislation, the crimes act of 1889 which is often used against sex workers. The law criminalizes the act of loitering in public for the purposes of prostitution" (para 2). "Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence (SODV)Act Lawyer Mzwandile Masuku was once...more
July 9, 2024, 8:20 a.m.
Countries: Ireland
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Many sex workers choose to work together to keep safe from clients but those doing so in Ireland can be sentenced to a year in jail or hit with a €5,000 (£4,187) fine under the 2017 laws" (para 5). "While it is not illegal for individuals to buy or sell sex in the UK, soliciting, working on the street, sex workers banding together as a group and prostitutes advertising themselves is illegal" (para 9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Many sex workers choose to work together to keep safe from clients but those doing so in Ireland can be sentenced to a year in jail or hit with a €5,000 (£4,187) fine under the 2017 laws" (para 5). "While it is not illegal for individuals to buy or sell sex in the UK, soliciting, working on the street, sex workers banding together as a group and prostitutes advertising themselves is illegal" (para 9).
July 9, 2024, 8:08 a.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In some countries, like Italy, there seems to be an incoherent mish-mash of regulations regarding sex work. In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice" (para 16).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"In some countries, like Italy, there seems to be an incoherent mish-mash of regulations regarding sex work. In Italy, prostitution is legal, but pimping and brothels are not – but to add to the complexity, regions and municipalities are allowed to enforce their own regulations, as long as they do not ban the practice" (para 16).
July 8, 2024, 10:04 a.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently the Code of Administrative Violations provides a fine of EUR 350 to EUR 700 for private persons and EUR 700 to EUR 1 400 for legal persons for breach of prostitution limitation rules" (para 1 ). "Cabinet of Ministers requirements state minors are not allowed to engage in prostitution. Rules also state persons can be offered and provided paid sexual services only in the property owned or rented by the person" (para 1). "Rules also state persons are not allowed to engage in prostitution if the housing in which paid sexual services are to be provided is located closer than 100 m away from a school or church, if...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently the Code of Administrative Violations provides a fine of EUR 350 to EUR 700 for private persons and EUR 700 to EUR 1 400 for legal persons for breach of prostitution limitation rules" (para 1 ). "Cabinet of Ministers requirements state minors are not allowed to engage in prostitution. Rules also state persons can be offered and provided paid sexual services only in the property owned or rented by the person" (para 1). "Rules also state persons are not allowed to engage in prostitution if the housing in which paid sexual services are to be provided is located closer than 100 m away from a school or church, if...more
July 6, 2024, 7:44 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Under Iranian civil law, there are two recognized types of marriage: nekah (formal) marriage and sigheh (temporary or in Arabic mut'a marriage." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Under Iranian civil law, there are two recognized types of marriage: nekah (formal) marriage and sigheh (temporary or in Arabic mut'a marriage." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 6, 2024, 7:41 p.m.
Countries: Egypt
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The media reported some child marriages were temporary marriages intended to mask child prostitution.” (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The media reported some child marriages were temporary marriages intended to mask child prostitution.” (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 6, 2024, 7:36 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Shariah law allows men to have a maximum of four wives, although Shiites are allowed more than that, through temporary marriages or ‘mutta’." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Shariah law allows men to have a maximum of four wives, although Shiites are allowed more than that, through temporary marriages or ‘mutta’." (CODER COMMENT-ERD: Temporary marriages are recognized by scholars as a form of prostitution.)
July 3, 2024, 3:22 p.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The plight of these women is compounded by the way the law is applied in Lebanon. Article 523 of the Lebanese Penal Code criminalises “any person who practices secret prostitution or facilitates it”. The punishment is a prison sentence of anything from a month to a year" (para 6). "According to the Lebanese Prostitution Law of 1931, brothels were divided into two groups: public brothels and escort houses. The law also set conditions for those working outside the brothels, dividing them into groups of workers; cafe girls, mistresses and 'artistes'" (para 9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"The plight of these women is compounded by the way the law is applied in Lebanon. Article 523 of the Lebanese Penal Code criminalises “any person who practices secret prostitution or facilitates it”. The punishment is a prison sentence of anything from a month to a year" (para 6). "According to the Lebanese Prostitution Law of 1931, brothels were divided into two groups: public brothels and escort houses. The law also set conditions for those working outside the brothels, dividing them into groups of workers; cafe girls, mistresses and 'artistes'" (para 9).
July 3, 2024, 3:18 p.m.
Countries: Lesotho
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently the constitution of Lesotho is silent about the sex work in Lesotho except for the Penal Code Act 2010, under section 55 thereof, that criminalizes prostitution. In short, there is no legislation that directly criminalizes sex work. This means that it is neither legal nor illegal" (para 1).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Currently the constitution of Lesotho is silent about the sex work in Lesotho except for the Penal Code Act 2010, under section 55 thereof, that criminalizes prostitution. In short, there is no legislation that directly criminalizes sex work. This means that it is neither legal nor illegal" (para 1).
July 3, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
Countries: Trinidad/Tobago
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"A person who— (a) (Deleted by Act No. 12 of 2012); (b) procures another for prostitution, whether or not the person procured is already a prostitute, either in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere; or (c) procures another to become an inmate, whether or not the person procured is already an inmate elsewhere, of or to frequent a brothel either in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for fifteen years" (p 11)
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"A person who— (a) (Deleted by Act No. 12 of 2012); (b) procures another for prostitution, whether or not the person procured is already a prostitute, either in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere; or (c) procures another to become an inmate, whether or not the person procured is already an inmate elsewhere, of or to frequent a brothel either in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for fifteen years" (p 11)