Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 279 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter,

“brothel” means any premises or room or set of rooms in any premises kept for purposes of prostitution;

“prostitution” includes the offering by a person of that person’s body commonly for acts of lewdness for payment although there is no act or offer of an act or ordinary sexual connection.

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