Section 3 Allowing persons under sixteen to be in brothels.
England and Wales
If any person having F1responsibility for a child or young person who has attained the age of four years and is under the age of sixteen years, allows that child or young person to reside in or to frequent a brothel, he shall be F2liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F3level 2 on the standard scale, or alternatively F4... or in addition thereto, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 3(1) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(5)(6), Sch. 13 para. 3(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2).
- F2
Words substituted by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), Sch. 1 para. 4
- F3
Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
- F4
Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 64, Sch. 5
- F5
S. 3(2) repealed by Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69), s. 52, Sch. 4