Legal Question

[diving2sea]

"This section of the Criminal Code makes it illegal for anyone to run a bawdy-house, work in a bawdy-house, be found in a bawdy-house or allow someone else to run a bawdy-house.
A bawdy-house* is defined as anyplace used ‘for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency.’ This means a brothel or any place used regularly by one ore more people, including a hotel room, your home or even the same parking lot."

Wondering,,,,,,if can not do biz inside( home/hotel), am I going to poon in the wild field?
WTF,,law

Thanks

 

[ReluctantPooner]

An escort coming to your home = perfectly legal. An escort having an incall = a bawdy house.

 

[Sucre]

"This section of the Criminal Code makes it illegal for anyone to run a bawdy-house, work in a bawdy-house, be found in a bawdy-house or allow someone else to run a bawdy-house.
A bawdy-house* is defined as anyplace used ‘for the purpose of prostitution or the practice of acts of indecency.’ This means a brothel or any place used regularly by one ore more people, including a hotel room, your home or even the same parking lot."

Sorry, Reluctant pooner, but based on the definitions posted, allowing an escort to come to your home only makes your home a bawdy house. By recent expansion of use of laws re seizure of property used in a crime (the crown has applied to seize the home of that pervert who had sex with an underage girl in his own home - he did not buy the home from proceeds of a crime, as was the previous reqirement) If if flies, then you stand to lose your home by having an escort come to your home- much safer for a pooner to come to the escort.

 

[Ghostwalker]

Sorry, Reluctant pooner, but based on the definitions posted, allowing an escort to come to your home only makes your home a bawdy house. By recent expansion of use of laws re seizure of property used in a crime (the crown has applied to seize the home of that pervert who had sex with an underage girl in his own home - he did not buy the home from proceeds of a crime, as was the previous reqirement) If if flies, then you stand to lose your home by having an escort come to your home- much safer for a pooner to come to the escort.

But based on the prevailing interpretation on the definition of "bawdy house" in s.197 of the Criminal Code the words kept or occupied or resorted to connote frequent or habitual use of the premises for the purposes of prostitution.

The law requires that:

1. There must be actual evidence of continued and habitual use of the premises for prostitution.

2. There must be evidence of reputation in the neighborhood that the place is a bawdy house...or

3. There must be evidence of circumstances to draw the inference beyond reasonable doubt that the place is habitually resorted to as a bawdy house.

Hence allowing an escort to come to your house even on a daily basis would not make your residence a bawdy house. Remember our prostitution laws are not based on morality but the maintenance of public order. In Vancouver in the absence of predatory pimping or minors or illegal aliens being present bawdy houses never even attract investigation without serious or numerous complaints from the public. That is why having an exclude come to your house would not attract criminal liability if she were not underage; and you simply would not use your home on that basis.

 

[lenny]

The law around "Proceeds of Crime" will be used more frequently because the superior courts and supreme court of Canada have now built Case Law that defines when the Crown may apply for seizure of property. The nice thing about applying for seizure of property as "proceeds of crime" is that it ties up the asset and makes it no longer available for the owner to use to fund other activities. Therefore, an application for seizure will often be used to "pin" the subject(s) of investigation in place.

Consequently, in such cases, it is better to be renting than a home owner ;

 

[jnewton]

Al, I guess my curiosity is a bit piqued, although it really doesn't matter much to me since I don't in any way, shape, or form have anything to do with any of this. That said, have the courts ruled on the issue of frequency or percentage use? Does a single use endanger a residence as a "bawdy house"? Once a month? Once a week? Once daily?

 

[jnewton]

2nd arrest - it's complaints based. So, loud SP and loud Clients will result in quick action.

Hmmm .. so if you're going to be an SP and rent an apartment, make sure it's in a building with concrete walls! lol

I guess the idea is to fly under the radar as much as possible.

 

[FunSugarDaddy]

Whole different question but do we have anything in Canada resembling RICO laws? And if so, how successful has the Crown been at going after gangs with this type of strategy?

It also would be a really good idea to not rent a unit that the Crown believes is owned by a gang member