Donations : Please explain
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Hi hi
Well Canada is sticky....Being a Prostitute is Legal, but you (Pooner/Punter) is not....so you will see a lot of ladies on their websites saying something along the lines of......."donation"......"for time & conpanionship ONLY".....just to cover the basis.
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Ummm, no.Hi hi
Well Canada is sticky....Being a Prostitute is Legal, but you (Pooner/Punter) is not....so you will see a lot of ladies on their websites saying something along the lines of......."donation"......"for time & conpanionship ONLY".....just to cover the basis.
Depending on what type of services you want, generally the higher the demographic, the more descretionary it becomes. Envelopes I believe are more for Independant Ladies, but I could be very well wrong on this. As fare as the Price Code goes....I dunno
It is not legal to be a prostitute. Do a search on the board. Many courteous people have posted the legalities on this issue (VERY well researched and thorough).
Just for the record, the disclaimer thing does not protect you form anything.
Umm, no. Read the posts again dude.
It may not be legal to be a prostitute except in some cases like in Alberta where they are licenced, I guess thereby making them bona-fide legal. BUT it is also not illegal to be one. There is no provision in the Criminal Code of Canada that states that being a prostitute is illegal, unless she or he is under the age of 18 and even then, they would not get arrested or prosecuted.
The illegalities include communicating for the purpose of prostitution, purchasing sex off a minor, recruiting into and/or pimping of a prostitute either of or under the age of majority and some other minor offences, like being in the company of and in a parasitical relationship with a known prostitute.
And you're right, the disclaimer thing is dog shit!
Panther
Hi hi
Well Canada is sticky....Being a Prostitute is Legal, but you (Pooner/Punter) is not....so you will see a lot of ladies on their websites saying something along the lines of......."donation"......"for time & conpanionship ONLY".....just to cover the basis.
I've only been on this board 2 months but this topic has been posted over and over again. There is so much misinformation and contradictory things stated.
Please everyone do your research before giving people advice on what is and what is not legal, or better yet do not give advice on what could get someone else in trouble as even the lawyers interpret the laws differently (I know I talked to two who both read me the codes right out of the book and then told me two different interpretations of what those codes mean). And reading this message board does not count as researching...read the criminal code of Canada.
Prostitution is NOT illegal...that is right, in Canada the act of prostitution is LEGAL (being paid for sexual acts -- this is specifically said in the code books that a person can be paid for a "lewd" act and a lewd act is described as something that gives sexual satisfaction to the purchaser). However there are many many things that go along with it, it is only legal under very specific guidelines...though of course we all know most are not enforced. I encourage you all to do your own research and gain your own interpretations of the laws so that the decisions you make are well informed and you do not risk relying on information which may be flawed from another person who, though they may have the best intentions, may tell you something that is incorrect.
Here is a paper by the BCCLA from 2005:
http://www.bccla.org/positions/privateoff/05sex work.htm
Here is a really thorough article, it was written by a BC Law student in 1997 so there have been some small changes but most of it is still accurate (our prostitution laws have essentially been the same for 90 years or so with an addition in 1985 regarding public communication):
http://web.viu.ca/crim/Student/Sturdy.htm
A short article written by a Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer:
http://www.torontocriminaldefence.com/articles/EEAFZllkEEfGCBJCfp.php
Last updated within a couple months this article outlines the things that ARE against the law in regards to prostitution:
http://www.duhaime.org/LegalResourc...Prostitution-and-Related-Offenses-Canada.aspx
And finally, rather than bore you to death with more links, just do your own searches and evaluate the sources that you find. Go read the criminal code, search websites like http://www.canlii.com (the Canadian Legal Information Institute), and http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-46/index.html which is an online copy of the criminal code of Canada.
True enough. I know that I have usually answered with a disclaimer saying that I am not a lawyer and that they should talk to a lawyer with regards to their specific case.
The chameleon-like nature of Canadian Law is the entire point. It can mean something to one judge or jury looking at a specific case and then mean something completely different to another.
But I am still certain that prostitution is NOT ILLEGAL in Canada.
Panther
You're rightTrue enough. I know that I have usually answered with a disclaimer saying that I am not a lawyer and that they should talk to a lawyer with regards to their specific case.
The chameleon-like nature of Canadian Law is the entire point. It can mean something to one judge or jury looking at a specific case and then mean something completely different to another.
But I am still certain that prostitution is NOT ILLEGAL in Canada.
Panther
Isn't it the entire point of any legal system?The chameleon-like nature of Canadian Law is the entire point. It can mean something to one judge or jury looking at a specific case and then mean something completely different to another.
