§ 22-2710. Procuring for house of prostitution.

Current through October 23, 2012

Any person who, within the District of Columbia, shall pay or receive any money or other valuable thing for or on account of the procuring for, or placing in, a house of prostitution, for purposes of sexual intercourse, prostitution, debauchery, or other immoral act, any individual, shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years and by a fine of not more than $1,000.

                
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(June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 833, ch. 404, § 6; as added Jan. 3, 1941, 54 Stat. 1226, ch. 936, § 4; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 13(a), 41 DCR 1639.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 22-2710.

1973 Ed., § 22-2710.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-119, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 22-2704.