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CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1885 - LONG TITLE



An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the
suppression of brothels, and other purposes.{1}
[14th August 1885] >Short title.   Procures or attempts to procure any girl or woman under twenty-one years of age, . . .{3} to have unlawful carnal connexion, either within or without the Queen's dominions, with any other person or persons; or E>>(2)  Procures or attempts to procure any woman or girl to become, either within or without the Queen's dominions, a common prostitute; or E>>(3)  Procures or attempts to procure any woman or girl to leave the United Kingdom, with intent that she may become an inmate of [{4}or frequent]

a brothel elsewhere; or

(4)Procures or attempts to procure any woman or girl to leave her usual place
of abode in the United Kingdom..., with intent that she may, for the purposes
of prostitution, become an inmate of [or frequent] a brothel within or without
the Queen's dominions.

Provided that no person shall be convicted of any offence under this section
upon the evidence of one witness, unless such witness be corroborated in some
material particular by evidence implicating the accused.


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