Re: to Mommc and Robert
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Art. 334 of the Dominican Penal Code, as amended by Law 24-97 of 1997.
The law criminalizes the act of pimping in all its manifestations, defining as a procurer or pimp any third party involved in the business of prostitution. It does not criminalize, however, the conduct of the individual, isolated prostitute procuring for herself and having sexual intercourse with a paying partner.
Prostitutes, however, can be detained as material witnesses to the crime of "proxenetismo", for rowdy behavior in public ("esc?ndalo en la v?a p?blica"), etc.
MrMike said:
Robert,
I'm not sure about prostitution being illegal here, I discussed this at length with my Sociology teacher when I was at PUCMM studying, she never could shut up about prostitution, she wanted it legalized so the sex workers could form unions and demand minimum fees, etc. (yes, she is a little bit crazy, but a charming lady very outspoken feminist) Anyway she copied me the page from the constitution that addresses it, and I regret not having the email on hand, however it did seem prostitution was pretty illegal.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15029
Art. 334 of the Dominican Penal Code, as amended by Law 24-97 of 1997.
The law criminalizes the act of pimping in all its manifestations, defining as a procurer or pimp any third party involved in the business of prostitution. It does not criminalize, however, the conduct of the individual, isolated prostitute procuring for herself and having sexual intercourse with a paying partner.
Prostitutes, however, can be detained as material witnesses to the crime of "proxenetismo", for rowdy behavior in public ("esc?ndalo en la v?a p?blica"), etc.