Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
(ii) having solicited other persons for immoral purposes on behalf of the prostitute;
or
(iii) having effected the prostitute’s entry into a brothel for the purpose of
prostitution; or
(iv) having brought or assisted in bringing the prostitute into Zimbabwe for
immoral purposes;
or
(c) demands from a prostitute any payment or reward in consideration for any present or
past immoral connection with the prostitute;
shall be guilty of living off or facilitating prostitution and liable to a fine not exceeding level
seven or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or both.
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Procuring
Any person who procures any other person—
(a) for the purposes of engaging in unlawful sexual conduct with another person or with
persons generally, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe; or
(b) to become a prostitute, whether inside or outside Zimbabwe; or
(c) to leave Zimbabwe with the intent that the other person may become a prostitute; or
(d) to leave his or her usual place of residence, not being a brothel, with the intent that he
or she may become an inmate of or frequent a brothel elsewhere;
shall be guilty of procuring and liable to a fine up to or exceeding level fourteen or—
(i) in a case where the person procured is a young person, imprisonment for a
period not exceeding ten years, or both such fine and imprisonment;
(ii) in any other case, imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or both
such fine and imprisonment.
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Coercing or inducing persons for purpose of engaging in sexual conduct
Any person who, to enable himself or herself or anyone else to engage in unlawful sexual
conduct with another person—
(a) threatens or intimidates that other person; or
(b) applies or administers any intoxicating drug, liquor, matter or thing to that other
person; or
(c) causes that other person to take any intoxicating drug, liquor, matter or thing;
shall be guilty of coercing or inducing a person for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct
and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five
years or both:
Provided that nothing in this section precludes a person from being charged with or
convicted of rape, attempted rape, being an accomplice to rape, or other unlawful sexual
conduct if the facts support such a charge or conviction.
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Detaining persons for purpose of engaging in unlawful sexual conduct
Any person who detains another person against his or her will in a brothel or any other
premises whatsoever with the intention that the person detained should engage in unlawful
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