title: Criminal Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1988, (No. 1 of 1988), 5 February 1988.
abstract: Among other things, this Act adds the following new section to the Saint Lucia Criminal Code: "112A. Any person who commits an act of indecency with or towards a child under the age of fourteen or who incites or encourages a child under that age to commit such an act with him or with another person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for two years or on summary conviction to imprisonment for six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars." The Act also changes the criminal penalty for keeping a brothel. Henceforth a person who is guilty of the crime is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for twelve months. In addition, that person may be required "to enter into a recognisance with or without securities to be of good behaviour for any period not exceeding one year; and in default of compliance with such recognisance is liable to imprisonment for a further period not exceeding six months."
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D017691:Caribbean Region; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011640:Public Policy; D019431:Saint Lucia; D012725:Sexual Behavior
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Caribbean; Child--legal aspects; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Laws And Statutes; North America; Population; Population Characteristics; Prostitutes--legal aspects; Saint Lucia; Sex Behavior--legal aspects; Social Protection--legal aspects; Youth