Friday, September 5, 2008
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HB992: Prostitution; definition thereof.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-346 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 18.2-346. Being a prostitute or prostitution.
A. Any person who, for money or its equivalent, commits
adultery, fornication, manipulation of the genitals of
another by hand resulting in ejaculation,
or any act in violation of § 18.2-361, or offers to commit adultery,
fornication, manipulation of the genitals of another by hand resulting
in ejaculation, or any act in violation of § 18.2-361 and
thereafter does any substantial act in furtherance thereof, shall be is guilty
of being a prostitute, or prostitution, which shall be punishable as a Class 1
misdemeanor.
B. Any person who offers money or its equivalent to another
for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts as enumerated above and thereafter
does any substantial act in furtherance thereof shall be guilty of solicitation
of prostitution and shall be is guilty
of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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