4 Interpretation.E+W
(1)References in this Act to a man soliciting a woman for the purpose of prostitution are references to his soliciting her for the purpose of obtaining her services as a prostitute.
(2)The use in any provision of this Act of the word “man” without the addition of the word “boy” shall not prevent the provision applying to any person to whom it would have applied if both words had been used, and similarly with the words “woman” and “girl”.
(3)Paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 6 of the M1Interpretation Act 1978 (words importing the masculine gender to include the feminine, and vice versa) do not apply to this Act.
(4)For the purposes of this Act “street” includes any bridge, road, lane, footway, subway, square, court, alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, which is for the time being open to the public; and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street (as hereinbefore defined), and any ground adjoining and open to a street, shall be treated as forming part of the street.
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