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PROSTITUTION ACT 1992 (NO. 64 OF 1992) - SECT 15

Infected persons

15. The operator of a brothel or escort agency shall take reasonable steps to ensure that a prostitute does not provide commercial sexual services at the brothel or from the escort agency if the prostitute is infected with a sexually transmitted disease.

Penalty:

        (a)     in the case of a natural person—$10,000 or imprisonment for 12 months;

        (b)     in the case of a corporation—$50,000.



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