Keeping brothel

(1) person who, (a) keeps or manages, or acts or assists in the management of a brothel; (b) being the tenant, lessee, occupier or person in charge of any premises, knowingly permits such premises or any part thereof to be used as a brothel; (c) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, lets the same or any part thereof with the knowledge that such premises or some part thereof are or is to be used as a brothel; or (d) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, is willfully a party to the continued use of such premises or any part thereof, as a brothel, is guilty of an offence and is on summary conviction liable, (i) in the case of a first conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; and (ii) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. (2) In the case of a third or subsequent conviction, a person may, in addition to such fine or imprisonment as aforesaid, be required by the court to enter into a recognisance in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, with or without sureties, to the satisfaction of the court to be of good behaviour for any period not exceeding twelve months, and in default of entering into such recognisance, with or without sureties, as the case may be, such person may be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months, in addition to any fine or term of imprisonment imposed as aforesaid. (3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under paragraphs (a) or(b) of subsection (1) of this section, the Commissioner of Police shall cause a certified copy of the conviction to be served on the proprietor, the landlord and the agent, if any, of the premises to which the conviction relates. (4) In this section, 35 “agent” means a person who lets premises on behalf of a lessor or landlord or collects rent in respect of the premises on behalf of the lessor or landlord or is authorised by him so to do; “brothel” means a place where people of opposite sexes are allowed to resort for illicit intercourse, whether the women are common prostitutes or not and includes a common ill-governed or disorderly house.