### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

135. Causing or encouraging prostitution of, intercourse with, or indecent assault on, girl or boy under 16
(1) A person who causes or encourages the prostitution of or an unlawful sexual act with a girl or boy under the age of 16 for whom that person is responsible shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years. (Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 13. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 10)
(2) Where a girl or boy is a prostitute or has done an unlawful sexual act, a person shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have caused or encouraged the same if that person knowingly allowed the girl or boy to consort with, or to enter or continue in the employment of, any prostitute or person of known immoral character. (Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 13)
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the persons who for the purposes of this section are to be treated as responsible for a girl or boy are—
(a) any person who is her or his parent or legal guardian;
(b) any person who has actual possession or control of her or him, or to whose charge she or he has been committed by her or his parent or legal guardian or by a person having the custody of her or him; and
(c) any other person who has the custody, charge or care of her or him.
(4) In subsection (3), parent (父母) does not include, in relation to any girl or boy, a person deprived of her or his custody by order of a court of competent jurisdiction but, subject to that, in the case of a girl or boy who has been adopted under the Adoption Ordinance (Cap. 290) means her or his adopters and in the case of a girl or boy who is illegitimate, and has not been so adopted, means her or his mother and any person who has been adjudged to be her or his putative father.
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 90 of 1991 s. 13)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 28 U.K.]    

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

136. Causing or encouraging prostitution of mentally incapacitated person
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who causes or encourages the prostitution in Hong Kong or elsewhere of a mentally incapacitated person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years. (Amended 90 of 1991 s. 14)
(2) A person who causes or encourages the prostitution of another is not guilty of an offence under this section if that person does not know and has no reason to suspect the other to be a mentally incapacitated person. (Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 14)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 81 of 1997 s. 59)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 29 U.K.]

137. Living on earnings of prostitution of others
(1) A person who knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution of another shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who lives with or is habitually in the company of a prostitute, or who exercises control, direction or influence over another person’s movements in a way which shows he or she is aiding, abetting or compelling that other person’s prostitution with others, shall be presumed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution, unless he or she proves the contrary.
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 90 of 1991 s. 15; 31 of 1997 s. 11)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 30 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

139. Keeping a vice establishment
(1) A person who on any occasion— (Amended 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(a) keeps any premises, vessel or place as a vice establishment; or
(b) manages or assists in the management, or is otherwise in charge or control, of any premises, vessel or place kept as a vice establishment,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
(i) on summary conviction to imprisonment for 3 years; or
(ii) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) Where—
(a) a charge under this section is preferred against a person or is withdrawn; or
(b) a person is acquitted or convicted of, or successfully appeals against a conviction for, an offence under this section,
section 145A applies. (Added 69 of 1990 s. 3)
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 12)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 33 U.K.]

140. Permitting girl or boy under 13 to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse
An owner or occupier of any premises or vessel, and any person who manages or assists in the management or control of any premises or vessel, who induces or knowingly suffers a girl or boy under the age of 13 to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of doing an unlawful sexual act or for the purpose of prostitution shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.
(Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 90 of 1991 s. 17)[cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 25 U.K.]

### Crimes Ordinance 《刑事罪行條例》

141. Permitting young person to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse, prostitution, buggery or homosexual act
An owner or occupier of any premises or vessel, and any person who manages or assists in the management or control of any premises or vessel, who induces or knowingly suffers—
(a) a girl under the age of 16 to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a man or for the purpose of prostitution;
(b) a girl or boy under the age of 21 to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of committing buggery with a man; or
(c) a boy under the age of 21 to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of committing an act of gross indecency with a man,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 14 years.
(Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 18)

142. Permitting mentally incapacitated person to resort to or be on premises or vessel for intercourse, prostitution or homosexual act
(1) Subject to subsection (2), an owner or occupier of any premises or vessel, and any person who manages or assists in the management or control of any premises or vessel, who induces or knowingly suffers—
(a) a woman who is a mentally incapacitated person to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a man or for the purpose of prostitution; or
(b) a man who is a mentally incapacitated person to resort to or be on such premises or vessel for the purpose of committing buggery with a man or an act of gross indecency with a man,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.
(2) A person who induces or knowingly suffers another to resort to or be on any premises or vessel is not guilty of an offence under this section if that person does not know and has no reason to suspect the other to be a mentally incapacitated person.
(Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 19. Amended 81 of 1997 s. 59)