Section 274 - Persons trading in prostitution

(1) A person commits a misdemeanour who

(a) knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution, or

(b) is proved to have, for the purposes of gain, exercised control, direction or influence over the movements of a prostitute in a manner as to aid, abet or compel the prostitution with any other person or generally.

(2) The Chairman of a Regional Tribunal or a Justice who is satisfied by evidence upon oath

(a) that there is a reason to suspect that any premises or part of that premises is used for the purposes of prostitution, and

(b) that a person residing in or frequenting the premises is living wholly or in part on the earnings of a prostitute,

may issue a warrant authorising a police officer to enter and search the premises and to arrest that person.

(3) 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 movement of a prostitute, and in a manner which shows that person as aiding, abetting or compelling the prostitution with any other person or generally, that person, for the purposes of this Chapter, is knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution unless the Court is satisfied to the contrary.