Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 277 - Keeping a brothel

A person commits a misdemeanour who

(a) keeps or manages or assists in the management of a brothel; or

(b) being a tenant, lessee or occupier or person in charge of premises, knowingly permits the premises or a part of the premises to be used as a brothel or for the purposes of habitual prostitution; or

(c) being the lessor or landlord of any premises or the agent of the lessor or landlord, lets the premises or a part of the premises, with the knowledge that the premises or that part is to be used as a brother, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of the premises or a part of the premises as a brothel.

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