Section 55 Sexual Offences Act 2003

Section 55 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 is about Penalties for keeping a brothel used for prostitution. It provides as follows:

(1)The Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) is amended as follows.

(2)After section 33 insert—

“33A Keeping a brothel used for prostitution

(1)It is an offence for a person to keep, or to manage, or act or assist in the management of, a brothel to which people resort for practices involving prostitution (whether or not also for other practices).

(2)In this section “prostitution” has the meaning given by section 51(2) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.”

(3)In Schedule 2 (mode of prosecution, punishment etc.), after paragraph 33 insert (as a paragraph with no entry in the fourth column)—

“33A

Keeping a brothel used for prostitution (section 33A).

(i) on indictment(ii) summarily

Seven yearsSix months, or the statutory maximum, or both.”

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