Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 1621 Definitions
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As used in this chapter—“assignation” includes the making of any appointment or engagement for prostitution or lewdness, or any act in furtherance of such appointment or engagement;“lewdness” includes any indecent or obscene act; and“prostitution” includes the offering or receivi…
14 V.I.C. § 1622 Prohibiting prostitution
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(1) Whoever—(1) engages in prostitution, lewdness or assignation;(2) procures or solicits, or offers to procure or solicit, for the purpose of prostitution, lewdness or assignation;(3) keeps, sets up or maintains any place, structure, building or conveyance for the purpose of pro…
14 V.I.C. § 1623 Knowingly leasing property for purposes of prostitution
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(a) Whoever leases, rents or contracts to lease or rent, any vehicle, conveyance, place, structure, building or any part thereof, knowing or with good reason to know, that it is to be used for purposes of prostitution, lewdness or assignation, shall be fined not more than $100 or…
14 V.I.C. § 1624 Keeping house of prostitution
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(1) Whoever keeps or has any interest in keeping—(1) a house of ill-fame or assignation of any description;(2) a house or place for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse or for any sexual, obscene or indecent purpose; or(3) a disorderly house or any place of public res…
14 V.I.C. § 1625 Pandering
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(1) Whoever, by promises, threats, violence or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades or encourages—(1) a person to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, or procures for a person a place as inmate in a house of prostitution or as an inmate of any place in whic…
14 V.I.C. § 1626 Conviction of pandering on unsupported testimony of person
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Upon a trial for pandering, the defendant cannot be convicted upon the testimony of the person injured, unless it is corroborated by some other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime.