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143.   Keeping brothel

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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143.   Keeping brothel

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    (1)   Any person who keeps or manages or appears, acts, or behaves as master or mistress or as the person having the care, control, or management, or assists in the care, control, or management of a brothel is deemed to be the keeper thereof and commits an offence, and is liable to be prosecuted and punished as such keeper, and it is immaterial whether or not he or she is the real keeper.

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    (2)   Any person who, being the tenant, lessee, or occupier or person in charge of any premises—

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      (a)     knowingly permits such premises or any part thereof to be used as a brothel or for the purposes of habitual prostitution;

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      (b)     and being a male or female uses such premises for habitual prostitution of himself or herself,

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    commits an offence.

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    (3)   Any person who, being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, lets the premises or any part of it with the knowledge that such premises or part of it is to be used as a brothel or for purposes of habitual prostitution, commits an offence.

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    (4)   If the Commissioner of Police brings to the attention of the lessor or landlord, or his or her agent by a notice in writing signed by him or her that such premises are being used as a brothel or for purposes of habitual prostitution, the lessor or landlord or agent is deemed to have had such knowledge or to wilfully aid and abet the continued use of such premises or any part of it as a brothel or for purposes of habitual prostitution.

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    (5)   Any person who commits an offence under subsections (2) and (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for 3 years.

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    (6)   In addition to any fine or term of imprisonment imposed under subsection (5) the person may be required by the Court to enter into a recognisance with or without sureties to be of good behaviour for a period not exceeding one year, and in default of compliance with such recognisance is liable to imprisonment for a further period not exceeding one year.

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