# Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.4.1996), Section 14: Allowing child to be in brothel.

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(1) If any person having the custody, charge or care of a child who has attained the age of four years and is under the age of 16 years, allows that child to reside in or to frequent a brothel, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or alternatively, or in default of payment of such a fine, or in addition thereto, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of a person to be indicted under section 10 of this Act, but upon the trial of a person under that section it shall be lawful for the jury, if they are satisfied that he is guilty of an offence under this section, to find him guilty of that offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/67/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996/section-14
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