(1) Whoever, of either sex, who engages habitually for gain, in sexual
intercourse with another 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 500 000 (five hundred thousand).
(2) Whoever, in view of prostitution of or debauchment, proceeds with
public gestures, words and writing or by any other means to the soliciting of
persons of either sex shall be punished in like manner.
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