1984 Ed.]
Crimes
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or continue in the employment of, any prostitute or person of known immoral character.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the persons who for the purposes of this section are to be treated as responsible for a girl are-
(a) any person who is her parent or legal guardian;
(b) any person who has actual possession or control of her, or to whose charge she has been committed by her parent or legal guardian or by a person having the custody of her; and
(c) any other person who has the custody, charge or care of her.
(4) In subsection (3), “parent” does not include, in relation to any girl, a person deprived of her custody by order of a court of competent jurisdiction but, subject to that, in the case of a girl who has been adopted under the Adoption Ordinance means her adopters and in the case of a girl who is illegitimate, and has not been so adopted, means her mother and any person who has been adjudged to be her putative father.
(Added, 1 of 1978, s. 6)
136. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who causes or encourages the prostitution in Hong Kong or elsewhere of a woman who is a defective shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under this section because he causes or encourages the prostitution of such a woman, if he does not know and has no reason to suspect her to be a defective. (Added, 1 of 1978, s. 6)
137. (1) A man who knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a man who lives with or is habitually in the company of a prostitute, or who exercises control, direction or influence over a woman's movements in a way which shows he is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution with others, shall be presumed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution, unless he proves the contrary.
(Added, 1 of 1978, s. 6)
138. A woman who, for the purposes of gain, exercises control, direction or influence over a woman's movements in a way which shows she is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 5 years.
(Added, 1 of 1978, s. 6)
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Causing or encouraging prostitution of defective.
[cf. 1956 c. 69, s. 29]
Man living on earnings of prostitution. [cf. 1956 c. 69, s. 30]
Woman exercising control over prostitute. [cf. 1956 c. 69, s. 31]