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8(1)An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69)—
(a)section 2 (procuring a woman by threats);
(b)section 3 (procuring a woman by false pretences);
(c)section 9 (procuring a defective woman to have sexual intercourse);
(d)section 22 (procuring a woman for prostitution);
(e)section 24 (detaining a woman in a brothel);
(f)section 28 (causing or encouraging prostitution etc of girl under 16);
(g)section 29 (causing or encouraging prostitution of defective woman);
(h)section 30 (man living on earnings of prostitution);
(i)section 31 (woman exercising control over prostitute);
(j)section 33 (keeping a brothel);
(k)section 34 (letting premises for use as brothel).
(2)An offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) (living on the earnings of male prostitute).
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