Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads; | ||
“public place” means any place to which the public have access whether as of right or by permission and whether subject to or free of charge; | ||
“solicits or importunes” includes soliciting or importuning from or in a motor vehicle, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“street” includes any road, bridge, lane, footway, subway, square, court, alley or passsage, whether a thoroughfare or not, which is for the time being open to the public; and the doorways, entrances and gardens abutting on a street and any ground or car-park adjoining and open to a street, shall be treated as forming part of a street. | ||
(2) In this Act a person solicits or importunes for the purposes of prostitution where the person— | ||
(a) offers his or her services as a prostitute to another person, | ||
(b) solicits or importunes another person for the purpose of obtaining that other person’s services as a prostitute, or | ||
(c) solicits or importunes another person on behalf of a person for the purposes of prostitution. | ||
(3) In this Act references to sexual intercourse shall be construed as references to carnal knowledge as defined in section 63 of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 . | ||
(4) In this Act and in any other enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, a reference to a prostitute includes a reference to a male person who is a prostitute and a reference to prostitution shall be construed accordingly. | ||
(5) In this Act a reference to a subsection is a reference to the subsection of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended. |