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VAGRANCY ACT 1898

VAGRANCY ACT 1898 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Vagrancy Act, 1824.{1}
[12th August 1898]
Persons trading in prostitution.

VAGRANCY ACT 1898 - SECT 1

1.(1) Every male person who

(a)knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of
prostitution; or

(b)in any public place persistently solicits or importunes for
immoral purposes,

(2) If it is made to appear to a court of summary jurisdiction by
information on oath that there is reason to suspect that any house
or any part of a house is used by a female for purposes of
prostitution, and that any male person residing in or frequenting
the house is living wholly or in part on the earnings of the
prostitute, the court may issue a warrant authorising any constable
to enter and search the house and to arrest that male person.

(3) Where a male person is proved to live with or to be
habitually in the company of a prostitute [or is proved to have
exercised control, direction, or influence over the movements of a
prostitute in such a manner as to show that he is aiding,
abetting, or compelling her prostitution with any other person or
generally], he shall, unless he can satisfy the court to the
contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of
prostitution.

VAGRANCY ACT 1898 - SECT 2
Short title.

2.(1) This Act shall not extend to ... Ireland.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Vagrancy Act, 1898, ...