Summarize the following court judgment. N: Criminal Appeal No. 300 of 1975. Appeal by Special Leave from the Judgment and Order dated the 17th March	 1975 of the Calcutta High Court in Govt. Appeal No. 9 of 1974 and Criminal Revision Nos. 438 and 524 of 1974. D. Mookherjee and D. N. Mukherjee	 for the Appellants. A. K. Sen and D. N. Gupta	 for Respondent No. 2. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KRISHNA IYER	 J. Not for dramatic effect but to sting social conscience	 we set out the tragic story of this case which is typical of the spreading disease of immoral traffic	 to remedy which the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women And Girls Act	 1956 (for short	 the Act) was enacted by Parliament in a mood of high morality but with such drafting inefficiency that it has pathetically failed to produce any decline in the malady. The scene is the Isias Bar	 15	 Free School Street	 Calcutta. A hall of enchantment extends nocturnal invitation to have a nice time with svelte sylphs. The entrance fee is but a paltry Rs. 15/ per man and inside is served animating liquor. Scantily clad female flesh of sweet seventeen or thereabouts flit about or sit on laps	 to the heady tune of band music. They solicit carnal custom	 and the willing male victims pay Rs. 30/ 	 choose whom they fancy	 drink together and	 taking leave of decencies	 indulge in promiscuous sex exercise legally described as operation prostitution. The stage is busy with many men and girls moving into rooms	 lavatories and chambers. The curtain rises and a raiding party of police and excise officers surprise this arotic company drowned in drink and damsels. This lacherous drama need not detain us further. The Act went into action	 a prosecution was launched against many under section 7 resulting in conviction and sentence of two persons	 the proprietor and the manager of the Isias Bar. Often times	 a bar or restaurant is a euphemism for a brothel and the socialites	 unsuspectedly and without smirch	 satisfy their sex in these respectably labellel houses patronised by even prestigious dignitaries and opulent businessmen. An appeal to the High Court substantially failed and the appeal by the State on some counts	 partly succeeded. In this Court	 leave was refused regarding the challenge against the guilt and so the findings sustaining the conviction stand; but it is necessary to clarify that ultimately the High Court modified the conviction to an extent and we have to proceed on the footing that the accused	 have been found guilty of offenses under section 7(2) (a)	 section 3(1) but acquitted under section 7(2)(b). What is most pertinent to the present appeal is that an order was made under section 18(1) read with sec. 18(2) directing "the occupiers of portion of premises Nos. 15 and 15/A	 Free School Street commonly known as 'Isias Bar ' to be evicted therefrom within a period of seven days from the 302 date of this order and restore possession thereof to the owner landlord or his agent and we further direct that this premises or any portion thereof shall not be leased out	 or otherwise given possession of	 to or for the benefit of the person or persons	 who were connected with the improper user thereof. " We had granted special leave limited to the attack on this order for eviction under section 18(2) read with section 18(1). The area of discussion in these arguments is thus confined to the power to throw out the occupier of the guilty premises on conviction for offences under sections 3(1) and 7(2)(a) on top of the sentence imposed. An appreciation of the legal tangle can be facilitated by a brief but necessary sketch of the indubitable foundational facts and the basic legal provisions bearing on the orders under section 18. The court	 as earlier mentioned	 passed an order	 following on the sentence	 that since a conviction under sections 3 and 7 had been rendered	 there would be a direction evicting the appellants occupiers from the theatre of prostitutional operation	 viz.	 the Isiah Bar. The Bar is beyond the offending distance of 200 yards of any 'public place ' referred to in sub section (1) of section 7. The said sub section itemises premises such as places of public religious worship	 educational institutions	 hostels	 hospitals	 nursing homes and such other public places as may be notified by the authority designated. At the same time it is a proven fact that the appellants have been keeping or managing a brothel within the meaning of section 3(1)	 and are keepers of a public place knowingly permitting prostitutes for the purposes of their trade to resort to or remain in such public place viz.	 the Isiah Bar. Section 18	 sub sections (1) to (4) may be reproduced in extenso before analysing the submissions made by counsel on either side: "18(1). A magistrate may	 on receipt of information from the police or otherwise	 that any house	 room	 place or any portion thereof within a distance of two hundred yards of any public place referred to in sub section (1) of section 7	 is being run or used as a brothel by any person	 or is being used by prostitutes for carrying on their trade	 issue notice on the owner	 lessor or landlord of such house	 room	 place or portion or the agent of the owner	 lessor or landlord or on the tenant	 lessee	 occupier of	 or any other person in charge of such house	 room	 place	 or portion	 to show cause within seven days of the receipt of the notice why the same should not be attached for improper user thereof; and if	 after hearing the person concerned	 the magistrate is satisfied that the house	 room	 place	 or portion is being used as a brothel or for carrying on prostitution	 then the magistrate may pass orders (a) directing eviction of the occupier within seven days of the passing of the order from the house	 room	 place	 or portion; 303 (b) directing that before letting it out during the period of one year immediately after the passing of the order	 the owner	 lessor or landlord or the agent of the owner	 lessor or landlord shall obtain the previous approval of the magistrate: Provided that	 if the magistrate finds that the owner	 lessor or landlord as well as the agent of the owner	 lessor or landlord	 was innocent of the improper user of the house	 room	 place or portion	 he may cause the same to be restored to the owner	 lessor or landlord	 or the agent of the owner	 lessor or landlord	 with a direction that the house	 room	 place or portion shall not be leased out	 or otherwise given possession of	 to or for the benefit of the person who was allowing the improper user therein. (2) A court convicting a person of any offence under section 3 or section 7 may pass orders under sub section (1)	 without further notice to such person or show cause as required in that sub section. (3) Orders passed by the magistrate or court under sub section (1) or sub section (2) shall not be subject to appeal and shall not be stayed or set aside by the order of any court	 civil or criminal	 and the said orders shall cease to have validity after the expiry of one year: Provided that where a conviction under section 3 or section 7 is set aside on appeal on the ground that such house	 room	 place or any portion thereof is not being run or used as a brothel or is not being used by prostitutes for carrying on their trade	 any order passed by the trial court under sub section (1) shall also be set aside. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force	 when a magistrate passes an order under sub section (1)	 or a court passes an order under sub section (2)	 any lease or agreement under which the house	 room	 place or portion is occupied at the time shall become void and inoperative. " The project of the statute	 to the extent we are concerned	 may now be set out. When a magistrate receives information that any brothel is being run within a distance of 200 yards of any public place such as has been mentioned earlier [in sub section (1) of section 7] he may issue notice to the owner	 tenant	 occupier or other person in charge of or connected with the brothel to show cause why it should not be attached for improper user. After a hearing being conducted	 the magistrate	 if satisfied	 may order eviction of the occupier and further direct that the owner or landlord shall not let out the premises for a period of one year after the passing of the order	 without his previous approval. 304 In short	 the house of ill fame where Mrs. Warren 's Profession is carried on is virtually sealed off by attachment by the magistrate. However	 if the owner satisfies the magistrate of his innocence	 it may be restored to him with a direction that it shall not be leased out to the person who had been improperly using it for immoral purposes. Section 18(1) proprio vigore applies only to brothels within the vicious distance of 200 yards of specified types of public institutions. No criminal prosecution or conviction is necessary for taking action under section 18(1). Strictly speaking	 this is not a punitive provision but a preventive one. This power vested in the magistrate is calculated to ensure moral hygiene in the locality which is particularly sensitive. If one may say so	 it is a moral scavenging operation	 or a fumigation process whereby the dangerous visitations may be totally inhibited by a legally enforced closure. So far as we are concerned	 the Isiah Bar is not shown to be within the offending distance and section 18(1) cannot therefore apply. Indeed the Magistrate and the High Court have proceeded to exercise powers under section 18(2) and the entire controversy before us is as to the real import of that provision. By way of aside	 we may say that plausible submissions were urged by Shri D. Mukherjee	 supported by the language of section 18(2). Had the drafting been more careful	 and lucid	 the argument would have been obviated. This Court has	 more than once	 pointed out that lack of legislative simplicity has led to interpretative complexity. The home truth that legislation is for the people and must	 therefore	 be plain enough has hardly been realised by our law makers. Judges	 looking at statutes	 are forced to play a linguistic game guessing at the general legislative purpose and straining at semantics. In the present case we have had to reach the conclusion against the appellants by broadening the dimensions of Heyden 's case(1)	 importing a 'context purpose ' teleological approach. There are many canons of statutory construction	 but the golden rule is that there are no golden rules if we may use Shavian language. We must emphasize once more that legislative draftsmen and legislators must not confuse each other but start talking to their real audience the people	 by writing law in unmistakable and simple language. Back to section 18(2). Once a court convicts a person under section 3 or section 7 as in this case	 it may pass orders under sub section (1) of section 18 without further notice to such person to show cause as required in that sub section. Shri Mukherjee 's submission is that this power of eviction is conditioned by the limitations of section 18(1). Orders under sub section (1) of section 18 can	 admittedly	 be passed only if the brothel is within 200 yards ' distance. Since	 in this case	 the place is beyond that distance	 Shri Mukherjee argues that sub section (2) cannot apply. The words 'pass orders under sub section ' creates ambiguity which we have sought to dispel by trying to advance the remedy and suppress the evil through the interpretative methodology. 305 Shri A. K. Sen has explained and we think rightly that section 3 punishes persons who keep brothels. Sub section (3) of section 3 lays down that notwithstanding any other law 'any lease . under which such premises . are held or occupied at the time of the commission of the offence	 shall become void and inoperative with effect from the date of the said conviction '. It is plain therefore that the consequence of a conviction under section 3 is the invalidation of the lease of the premises where the brothel is run. The logical consequence must be that the occupier must be thrown out of the prostitutional premises. This is achieved by exercise of the power under section 18(2). Section 7(1) punishes prostitution in premises within a distance of 200 yards of specified sensitive places set out therein. Section 7(2) works out a dichotomy: sub section (2)(a) punishes the keeper of any public place who knowingly permits prostitutes to resort to such place (that is	 any public place). No question of distance arises here but sub section 2(b) specifically mentions	 as an ingredient of the offence	 that the premises must be such as are referred to in sub section (1) (that is	 within 200 yards distance). A person convicted either under sub section (1) or under sub section (2) (a) or (b) section 7 will be covered by section 18(2) because the latter provision empowers the court to pass orders under section 18(1) if there is a conviction under section 7	 regardless of whether it falls under sub section (2) (a) or (b) of that section. Moreover	 if we have regard to the wholesome purpose of cleansing houses of ill fame	 it can be achieved only by a broader construction of section 18(2). This Court in Sub Div. Magistrate vs Ram Kali(1) held that section 18(1) deals with one class and section 18(2) relates to another class. Section 18(1) is a summary procedure for closing down obnoxious places of prostitution	 without going through the detailed process of a criminal prosecution. It is a quick acting defensive mechanism	 calculated to extinguish the brothel and promote immediate moral sanitation	 having regard to the social susceptibility of places like shrines	 schools	 hostels	 hospitals and the like	 Section 18(2) on the other hand	 operates only where persons have been convicted of offences under section 3 or section 7. Thus the place is found to be put to prostitutional use	 in a criminal trial. It stands to reason that if the purpose of extirpating the commercial vice from that venue were to be successful	 the occupier must be expelled therefrom. This is precisely what has been done in the present case. Section 18(2) operates not merely on places within the offending distance of 200 yards but in all places where the activity of prostitution has been conducted. A close reading of section 18(2) indicates that the orders under sub section (1)	 referred to therein	 do not	 wholesale	 import the substantive paragraph of section 18(1)	 but only the evicting orders contained in section 18(2)	 clauses (a) and (b). What is	 by a process of abbreviation	 imported into section 18(2) is the decretal part of section 18(1) to the extent it is written into section 18(1)	 (a) and (b). There is some clumsiness 306 about the drafting	 as we have already stated. Even so	 if the purpose is carried to the meaning that we assign	 the section fulfils the social cause. We are in the International Women 's Year a circumstance meaningful socially	 but not relevant legally. Even so	 it is time to tighten up this statute and we may permit ourselves a few concluding observations	 hopefully. Maybe	 there are other provisions of the Act which have contributed to its dismal failure in the field and the legislature must	 in the International Year of Women	 protect the virtue of the weaker sex from the purchasing power of the takers of virginity who sip every flower and change every hour. No nation	 with all its boasts	 and all its hopes	 can ever morally be clean till all its women are really free free to live without sale of their young flesh to lascivious wealth or commerciailsing their luscious figures. India	 to redeem this 'gender justice ' and to prescribe prostitution whereby rich men buy poor women through houses of vice	 has salved its social conscience by enacting the Act. But the law is so ill drafted and lacunose that few who follow "the most ancient Profession in the World" have been frightened into virtue and the customers of wine cum women are catered to respectably in bars	 hotels and night clubs in sophisticated and subtle ways	 especially in our cities. We dismiss the appeal	 upholding the power of the magistrate to order eviction when there is a conviction under section 3 or section 7 confident that public power vested in a public functionary for public benefit shall be used whenever conditions necessary for the exercise are present	 so that a comprehensive social purpose of moral clean up of public places is accomplished. V.P.S. Appeal dismissed.

The appellants were keepers of a public place namely	 a bar. They were convicted under section 3(1) of the Suppression of Immoral Traffia in Women and Girls Act. 1956	 for keeping or managing a brothel in the bar	 and under section 7(2)(a) for knowingly permitting prostitutes for the purpose of their trade to resort to or remain in the bar. There was also a direction under section 18(1) read with section 18(2) of the Act evicting	 the appellants from the bar. It was contended that the order of eviction was bad	 because the bar was not within 200 yds. of any public institution of the type referred to in section 18(1). ^ HELD : The Magistrate has power to order eviction when there is a conviction either under section 3 or section 7. [306 E] Under section 18(1)	 when a Magistrate receives information that a brothel is being run within a distance of 200 yds. from certain specified types of public institutions	 he may order the eviction of the occupier after hearing him. Under section 18(2). once a court convicts a person under section 3 or section 7	 it may pass orders under section 18(1) without further notice to such person to show cause as required in that sub section. A close reading of section 18(2)	 however indicates that the orders under sub section (1) referred to therein do not wholesale import the substantive paragraph of section 18(1) but only the eviction orders contained therein. F H] (a) The consequence of a conviction under section 3 is the invalidation of any lease of the premises where the brothel is run. The logical consquence must be that the occupier must be thrown out of such premises. This is achieved by the exercise of the power under section 18(2). [305 B] (b) Section 7(1) punishes prostitution in premises within a distance of 200 yds. of specified places. Section 7(2)(b) punishes the person who permits the use of premises in his occupation for prostitution	 and it is an ingredient of the offence that the premises must be within 200 yards distance of the specified places; but section 7(2)(a) punishes the keeper of any public place who knwingly permits prostitutes to resort to such place for their trade. No question of distance arises with respect to such a conviction. But section 18(2) empowers the court to pass orders under section 18(1) if there is a conviction under section 7 regardless of whether it falls under section 7(2)(a) or (b). [305 C E] Therefore	 section 18(2) operates not merely on places within the offendin distance of 200 yds. but in all places where the activity of prostitution had been conducted. [305 G] (c) To dispel the ambiguity in section 18(2) it must be interpreted in such a way as to advance the remedy and suppress the evil. If the purpose of extirpating the commercial vice from a place were to be successful the occupier must be expelled from there. [304 H] Sub Div. Magistrate vs Ram Kali	 [1968] 1 S.C.R. 205 and Heyden 's ; 	 case referred to. 301