16-6-10. Keeping a place of prostitution.

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A person having or exercising control over the use of any place or conveyance which would offer seclusion or shelter for the practice of prostitution commits the offense of keeping a place of prostitution when he knowingly grants or permits the use of such place for the purpose of prostitution.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1943, p. 568, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-2014, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 236, § 3.

Cross references

Abatement of houses of prostitution, T. 41, C. 3. Occupying rooms for immoral purposes, § 43-21-61.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Crimes and Offenses: Crimes Against the Person,’’ see 28 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 131 (2011).

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