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PROSTITUTION ACT 2000 (NO. 17 OF 2000) - SECT 22

22 .         Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part —

        "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

        "conveyance" means anything used or capable of being used to transport people or goods by air, land, or water, and it does not matter how it is propelled or that it may ordinarily be stationary;

        "juvenile justice team" means a juvenile justice team under Part 5 Division 2 of the Young Offenders Act 1994 ;

        "offence" means an offence under this Act.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part a person is lawfully entitled to possess something if —

            (a)         the person owns it or is authorized by the owner to possess it; and

            (b)         the possession is not prohibited by law or is authorized, justified or excused by law.



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