Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 229G

229G Procuring engagement in prostitution

(1) A person who—

(a) procures another person to engage in prostitution, either in Queensland or elsewhere; or

(b) procures another person—

(i) to leave Queensland for the purpose of engaging in prostitution elsewhere; or

(ii) to come to Queensland for the purpose of engaging in prostitution; or

(iii) to leave the other person’s usual place of residence in Queensland for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, either in Queensland or elsewhere;

commits a crime.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 7 years.

(2) If the procured person is not an adult or is a person with an impairment of the mind, the offender is liable to a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment.

(2A) The Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q also states a circumstance of aggravation for an offence against this section.

(2B) An indictment charging an offence against this section with the circumstance of aggravation stated in the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 , section 161Q may not be presented without the consent of a Crown Law Officer.

(3) A licensee or approved manager of a licensed brothel, or his or her agent, does not contravene subsection (1) only because the licensee, manager or agent has employed an adult who is not a person with an impairment of the mind to work as a prostitute at the brothel in accordance with the brothel licence for the brothel.

(4) For subsection (3) , it does not matter whether the prostitute is employed under a contract of service or a contract for service.

(5) In this section—

"procure" includes knowingly entice or recruit for the purposes of sexual exploitation.