Public Law 74–546

That it shall not

District of Columbia.

Prostitution; penalty for inviting, etc., for purposes of.

Vol. 27, p. 323; Vol. 36, p. 833, amended.

be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons, in or upon any avenue, street, road, highway, open space, alley, public square, or inclosure in the District of Columbia, to accompany, go with, or follow him or her to his or her residence, or to any other house or building, inclosure, or other place, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $100 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. And it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, or persuade, or address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons from any door, window, porch, or portico of any house or building to enter any house, or go with, accompany, or follow him or her to any place whatever, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under the like penalties herein provided for the same conduct in the streets, avenues, roads, highways, or alleys, public squares, open spaces, or inclosures.

Sec. 2.

Any person who frequents or lives in houses or other estab-

Residents, etc., of houses of ill fame considered vagrants.

Vol. 27, p. 323; Vol. 30, p. 723; Vol. 35, p. 711.

lishments of ill fame, or who (whether married or single) engages in or commits acts of fornication for hire, shall be considered a vagrant, and subject to the penalties provided in section 8 of an Act entitled “An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia, approved July 29, 1892”, and as amended by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1909.

Sec. 3.

The court may impose conditions upon any person found

Discretionary power of court to impose certain conditions, etc.

guilty under the aforesaid sections and so long as such person shall comply therewith to the satisfaction of the court the imposition or execution of sentence may be suspended for such period as the court may direct; and the court may at or before the expiration of such period remand such sentence or cause it to be executed. Conditions thus imposed by the court may include submission to medical and mental examination, diagnosis and treatment by proper public health and welfare authorities, and such other terms and conditions as the court may deem best for the protection of the community and the punishment, control, and rehabilitation of the defendant.

Assistance authorized.

The health officer of the District of Columbia, the Women’s Bureau of the Police Department, the Board of Public Welfare, and the probation officers of the court are authorized and directed to perform such duties as may be directed by the court in effectuating compliance with the conditions so imposed upon any defendant.

Sec. 4.

Section 7 of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia”, approved July 29, 1892, is hereby repealed.