Sexual Offences Act, 1957/1993-12-01

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as amended by

Immorality Amendment Act, No. 68 of 1967 Immorality Amendment Act, No. 57 of 1969 Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, No. 72 of 1985 Immorality Amendment Act, No. 2 of 1988 Criminal Law Amendment Act, No. 4 of 1992 General Law Amendment Act, No. 139 of 1992 General Law Fourth Amendment Act, No. 132 of 1993

3. The following persons shall for the purposes of section two be deemed to keep a brothel:

any person who resides in a brothel unless he or she proves that he or she was ignorant of the character of the house or place; any person who manages or assists in the management of any brothel; any person who knowingly receives the whole or any share of any moneys taken in a brothel; any person who, being the tenant or occupier of any house or place, knowingly permits the same to be used as a brothel; any person who, being the owner of any house or place, lets the same, or allows the same to be let, or to continue to be let, with the knowledge that such house or place is to be kept or used or is being kept or used as a brothel; any person found in a brothel who refuses to disclose the name and identity of the keeper or manager thereof;

any person whose spouse keeps or resides in or manages or assists in the management of a brothel unless such person proves that he or she was ignorant thereof or that he or she lives apart from the said spouse and did not receive the whole or any share of the moneys taken therein.