Section 5
of Women and Girls Protection Act
Section 5
(1)
Any person who -
(a)
knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution of any other person; or
(b)
in any public place persistently solicit or im-portunes on behalf of a woman or girl, for immoral purposes,
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Living on or trading in prostitution
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Suppression of brothels
Women and Girls Protection shall be liable to imprisonment of either description for 5
years and to a fine of $20,000.
(2)
Any male person convicted under this section may at the discretion of the Court and in addition to any term of imprisonment awarded in respect of the said offence be sentenced to be whipped.
(3)
Where any 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 movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that he is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution with any other person or generally, he shall, unless he can satisfy the
Court to the contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution.
( 4) If a magistrate upon information has reason to suspect that any house or any part of a house is used by a female for the purposes of prostitution and that any person residing in or frequenting the house is living wholly or in part on the earnings of the prostitute, such magistrate may issue a warrant authorising any police officer to enter and search the house and to arrest such person.