Bawdy Houses?

DeBe

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Can someone please elaborate this law for me:

Common bawdy-house -- s. 210:
It is illegal to own, operate or even be in a bawdy house. Most people think of a bawdy house as something like a brothel, but this can apply to any place that is frequently and habitually used for the purposes of prostitution. Johns found in the premises will be subpoenaed to court to give evidence about their experience on the premises. Massage parlours can be prosecuted under this law.


I've tried to google up more information but couldn't find any. what confuses me is the "any place that is frequently and habitually used for the purposes of prostitution" part, does that mean an incall place kept by an escort with a roomate who is also an escort could be considered a "bawdy house"?
 

westwoody

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Use the search function in the top right corner:type in "bawdyhouse" or whatever and click "Search".
 

HaywoodJabloemy

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DeBe said:
...does that mean an incall place kept by an escort with a roomate who is also an escort could be considered a "bawdy house"?
Yes.
That's not the actual law. It's a quote from the Edmonton Police website, which does a pretty good job of explaining the laws. One lone SP by herself operating an incall is all that's needed by LE for a bawdy-house charge under Section 210 of the Criminal Code of Canada. The definition of bawdy-house in Section 197 specifies "one or more". Customers found there and other SPs sharing the location can charged as "found-ins" or "inmates" of a common bawdy-house. If the SP running the incall is getting paid by another SP for sharing the location, I think "living on the avails of prostitution" charges under Section 212 may also be possible.

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/280658.html
197. (1)
"common bawdy-house" means a place that is
(a) kept or occupied, or
(b) resorted to by one or more persons
for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency...

210. (1) Every one who keeps a common bawdy-house is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

(2) Every one who
(a) is an inmate of a common bawdy-house,
(b) is found, without lawful excuse, in a common bawdy-house...

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction...

212. (1) Every one who...

(j) lives wholly or in part on the avails of prostitution of another person,

is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
 
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