Part 1—Sexual Offences
(3) In subsection (2), “payment” means any financial advantage, including the discharge of an obligation to pay or the provision of goods or services (including sexual services) gratuitously or at a discount.
Exploitation of prostitution
52 Causing or inciting prostitution for gain
(1) A person commits an offence if—
- (a) he intentionally causes or incites another person to become a prostitute in any part of the world, and
- (b) he does so for or in the expectation of gain for himself or a third person.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.
53 Controlling prostitution for gain
(1) A person commits an offence if—
- (a) he intentionally controls any of the activities of another person relating to that person’s prostitution in any part of the world, and
- (b) he does so for or in the expectation of gain for himself or a third person.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
- (a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both;
- (b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.
54 Sections 52 and 53: interpretation
(1) In sections 52 and 53, “gain” means—
- (a) any financial advantage, including the discharge of an obligation to pay or the provision of goods or services (including sexual services) gratuitously or at a discount; or
- (b) the goodwill of any person which is or appears likely, in time, to bring financial advantage.
(2) In those sections “prostitute” and “prostitution” have the meaning given by section 51(2).
Amendments relating to prostitution
55 Penalties for keeping a brothel used for prostitution
(1) The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 33 insert—
