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Crimes
2013, No. 10
PART VIII
CRIME AGAINST PUBLIC WELFARE
69. Criminal Nuisance-(1) A person commits criminal
nuisance who does any unlawful act or omits to discharge any
legal duty, such act or omission being one which the person
knew would endanger the lives, safety, or health of the public, or
the life, safety or health of another person.
(2) Everyone who commits criminal nuisance is liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one (1) year.
70. Brothel keeping-(1) In this section, the term “brothel”
means any house, room, set of rooms, or place of any kind
whatever used for the purposes of prostitution, whether by one
(1) woman or more.
(2) A person is liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 10 years who:
(a) keeps or manages, or knowingly acts or assists in the
management of, any brothel; or
(b) being the tenant, lessee or occupier of any premises,
knowingly permits the premises or any part of the
premises to be used as a brothel; or
(c) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the
agent of the lessor or landlord, lets the premises or
any part of the premises with the knowledge that
the premises are to be used as a brothel, or that
some part of the premises is to be so used, or is
wilfully a party to the continued use of the
premises or any part thereof as a brothel.
71. Keeping place of resort for homosexual acts - A person
is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven (7) years
who:
(a) keeps or manages, or knowingly acts or assists in the
management of, any premises used as a place of
resort for the commission of indecent acts between
males; or