Is prostitution legal or illegal in the DR?
Robert (DR1) posted that it is illegal but tolerated.
Dolores (DR1) posted that it is "not illegal" (legal?).
Jim Hinsch posted his magazine BOHIO says it is legal.
This question has come up many times but has never been answered definitively. Mr. Guzman. Can we please have a legal opinion on this and if it is illegal, tell us what law and how the law reads?
History of posts:
==Date: 12-16-2001, 12:10 p.m., I have beem told it's illegal, but tolorated. Rob.==
==Date: Monday, 20 September 1999, at 10:15 a.m., We spoke to Mercedes Lora, legal counsel at the Ministry of Women, Tel. 809 685-3755, who told us that prostitution is not legal nor prohibited in the Dominican Republic. Dolores==
==Date: 12-17-2001, 10:23 a.m., Prostituion in the Dominican Republic has had legal status from the time of the colony. It was authorized by Royal Warrant of the King of Spain Carlos V on August 31, 1596, to Joan Sanchez Sarmiento to install a house of public women in Santo Domingo. Jim Hinsch==
Robert (DR1) posted that it is illegal but tolerated.
Dolores (DR1) posted that it is "not illegal" (legal?).
Jim Hinsch posted his magazine BOHIO says it is legal.
This question has come up many times but has never been answered definitively. Mr. Guzman. Can we please have a legal opinion on this and if it is illegal, tell us what law and how the law reads?
History of posts:
==Date: 12-16-2001, 12:10 p.m., I have beem told it's illegal, but tolorated. Rob.==
==Date: Monday, 20 September 1999, at 10:15 a.m., We spoke to Mercedes Lora, legal counsel at the Ministry of Women, Tel. 809 685-3755, who told us that prostitution is not legal nor prohibited in the Dominican Republic. Dolores==
==Date: 12-17-2001, 10:23 a.m., Prostituion in the Dominican Republic has had legal status from the time of the colony. It was authorized by Royal Warrant of the King of Spain Carlos V on August 31, 1596, to Joan Sanchez Sarmiento to install a house of public women in Santo Domingo. Jim Hinsch==