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2013 SESSION
13103129DBe 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 adult who, for money or its
equivalent, commits adultery, fornication or any act in violation of §
18.2-361, or offers to commit adultery, fornication 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. Any
minor who engages in conduct prohibited by this subsection shall
be taken before an intake officer pursuant to § 16.1-260 for
consideration as a child in need of services as
defined in § 16.1-228.
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 is
guilty of solicitation of prostitution, and shall be guilty of a Class
1 misdemeanor.
C. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person arrested or charged for a violation of subsection A was induced to engage in prostitution through the use of force, intimidation, or deception by another.