I thought that it was not illegal here to be a prostitute. I thought the 'crimes' were soliciting and keeping a common bawdy house.
Isn't that how 'escort services' manage the issue? Nobody solicits on the street and there is no 'sex central' location.
Edit: I did a quick search on Canadian laws.
We have from December 1985 a street prostitution control measure which prohibits communicating in a public place for the purpose of buying or selling sexual services. We also have section 212(2), a separate offence for persons procuring or living on the avails of a person under 18 years of age; and section 212(4) which prohibits attempting to purchase or purchasing sex from persons under 18. In addition to the communicating law, âbawdy housesâ are prohibited (Criminal Code sections 210 and 211), as are procuring and living on the avails of prostitution of another person (section 212). Procuring and living on the avails are indictable offences carrying terms of up to ten years in prison (and in the cases of a person under 18, up to 14 years in prison). A common bawdy house is a place kept, occupied or used by at least one person for the purposes of prostitution or indecent acts. âKeepingâ a bawdy house (section 210(1)) is an indictable offence liable to up to two years in prison. Being âfound inâ or an âinmateâ of a bawdy house (Criminal Code sections 210(2) and 211) are summary offences carrying a maximum term of six months in prison and/or a $2000 fine (being a summary offence, the communicating law carries the same maximum penalties).
(Cut'n'pasted from the relevant sections here. )
The net effect is that it is not illegal to be a prostitute, but it is difficult to practice the trade without falling foul of the law. And it neatly exempts (adult) porn stars, doesn't it?
Isn't that how 'escort services' manage the issue? Nobody solicits on the street and there is no 'sex central' location.
Edit: I did a quick search on Canadian laws.
We have from December 1985 a street prostitution control measure which prohibits communicating in a public place for the purpose of buying or selling sexual services. We also have section 212(2), a separate offence for persons procuring or living on the avails of a person under 18 years of age; and section 212(4) which prohibits attempting to purchase or purchasing sex from persons under 18. In addition to the communicating law, âbawdy housesâ are prohibited (Criminal Code sections 210 and 211), as are procuring and living on the avails of prostitution of another person (section 212). Procuring and living on the avails are indictable offences carrying terms of up to ten years in prison (and in the cases of a person under 18, up to 14 years in prison). A common bawdy house is a place kept, occupied or used by at least one person for the purposes of prostitution or indecent acts. âKeepingâ a bawdy house (section 210(1)) is an indictable offence liable to up to two years in prison. Being âfound inâ or an âinmateâ of a bawdy house (Criminal Code sections 210(2) and 211) are summary offences carrying a maximum term of six months in prison and/or a $2000 fine (being a summary offence, the communicating law carries the same maximum penalties).
(Cut'n'pasted from the relevant sections here. )
The net effect is that it is not illegal to be a prostitute, but it is difficult to practice the trade without falling foul of the law. And it neatly exempts (adult) porn stars, doesn't it?
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake