Maine § 17-A §851 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 17-A §851 — Definitions

Maine·Title 17-A MAINE CRIMINAL CODE·Part 2 SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES·Ch. 35 SEX TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION AND PUBLIC INDECENCY

As used in this chapter:

1."Prostitution" means engaging in, or agreeing to engage in, or offering to engage in a sexual act or sexual contact, as those terms are defined in section 251, in return for a pecuniary benefit to be received by the person being prostituted or a 3rd person; 1-A. "Engages a person for prostitution" means providing, offering to provide or agreeing to provide, either to the person who is sought for an act of prostitution or to a 3rd person, pecuniary benefit in return for a sexual act or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 251;

2."Promotes prostitution" means:

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As used in this chapter:
1.
"Prostitution" means engaging in, or agreeing to engage in, or offering to engage in a sexual act or sexual contact, as those terms are defined in section 251, in return for a pecuniary benefit to be received by the person being prostituted or a 3rd person;
1-A.
"Engages a person for prostitution" means providing, offering to provide or agreeing to provide, either to the person who is sought for an act of prostitution or to a 3rd person, pecuniary benefit in return for a sexual act or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 251;
2.
"Promotes prostitution" means:

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Legislative History

PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 671, §§25-A (AMD). PL 1981, c. 611, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 401, §§B3-5 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 638, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 316, §§4, 5 (AMD).