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SECTION 294 — Immoral Earnings

In French Proxénétisme

(1) Whoever procures, aids or facilitates another persons' prostitution, or shares in the proceeds of another's prostitution, whether habitual or otherwise, or who is subsidized by any person engaging in prostitution shall be punished with imprisonment for from 6 (six) months to 5 (five) years and with fine of from CFAF 20 000 (twenty thousand) to CFAF 1 000 000 (one million). (2) Whoever lives with a person engaging in prostitution shall be presumed to be subsidised by her, unless he shows that his own resources are sufficient to enable him to support himself. (3) The punishment shall be doubled where: a. the offence is accompanied; by coercion or by fraud or where the offender is armed; or where he is the owner, manager or otherwise in charge of an establishment where prostitution is habitually practiced; b. where the offence has been committed to the detriment of any person under the age of 21 (twenty-one); c. where the offender is the father or mother, guardian or person with customary responsibility. (4) In the cases referred to under subsection 3, the provisions of section 48 shall be applied. (5) The court may impose the forfeitures described by Section 30 of this Code and disqualify the offender for the same period from being guardian or curator of any person and from having custody, customary or otherwise, of any person under the age of 21 (twenty-one). (6) Upon conviction under subsection 3 (a) of this section, the court shall order closure of the establishment, to whatever other use it may be put. (7) The prostitute herself shall not be treated as accessory to any offence under this section. B - SEXUAL OFFENCES
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ARTICLE 294 — Proxénétisme

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Section 294 of the Penal Code /akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
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