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Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.4.1996)
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13 Proceedings against brothel keeper, etc. S
(1)Any person who—
(a)keeps or manages or acts or assists in the management of a brothel, or
(b)being the tenant, lessee, occupier or person in charge of any premises, knowingly permits such premises or any part thereof to be used as a brothel or for the purposes of habitual prostitution, or
(c)being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, lets the same or any part thereof with the knowledge that such premises or some part thereof are or is to be used as a brothel, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of such premises or any part thereof as a brothel,
shall be liable on summary conviction in the sheriff court—
(i)to a fine not exceeding [F1level 4 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and
(ii)on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding [F2level 4 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
or to both such fine and imprisonment; and shall be liable on conviction in the district court to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.
(2)In determining whether or not a conviction under subsection (1) above is a second or subsequent conviction for the purposes of head (ii) thereof, there shall be taken into account any conviction under section 13 of the M1Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (the provision replaced for Scotland by subsection (1) above) or under section 33, 34, 35 or 36 of the M2Sexual Offences Act 1956 (the corresponding provisions for England and Wales) as well as any conviction under subsection (1) above.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
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F1Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), ss. 289F, 289G
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 13, 14 amended by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), s. 80(13)
C2Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289E (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), applies
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