9 GCA § 28.20
Promoting Prostitution; Punishment ; Defense
View official PDF ↗(a)A person is guilty of promoting prostitution who:
(1)owns, controls, manages, supervises or otherwise keeps, alone or in association with others, a place of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise; or
(2)knowingly solicits, induces or causes a person to commit or engage in prostitution or to reside in or occupy a place of prostitution.
(b)Promoting prostitution is a felony of the third degree.
(c)It shall not be a defense to a prosecution under this section that the place of prostitution or prostitution enterprise is licensed for any purpose other than prostitution or that the act or the attempted act of prostitution that is promoted occurs at a place other than the site of the offense charged under this section. COL6/24/2021 CH. 28 PUBLIC INDECENCY
§ The story of this section
- Amended by P.L. 22-158 § 3 — introduced as Bill 283-22 · introduced by Doris Flores Brooks + 2 cosponsors
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2015 Guam 39 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony T. Quenga, Defendant-Appellant, CVA14-006 (2015) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a)(2) at ¶49
- 2015 Guam 40 — People of Guam, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Q. Manila, Defendant-Appellant, CVA14-007 (2015) · per Katherine A. Maraman, J. · pinpoints (a)(2) at ¶32
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.