Manitoba Targets Landlords of Escorts

[Guest W***ledi*Time]

All I have to say to this is 'oh boy.' Just another reason to be discreet in public now.

[etasman2000 15994]

Prostitution is legal in Canada. Wonder how they are going to make that one stick ?

[Capital Hunter 18263]

Apart from the Bawdy houses that WIT mentioned, also they can stick it as living off the avails of prostitution since the rent is paid from the money obtain by prostitution, I guess.

[Phaedrus 209521]

... as owner, landlord, lessor, tenant, occupier, agent or otherwise having charge or control of any place,

knowingly

permits the place or any part thereof to be let or used for the purposes of a common bawdy-house

That "knowingly" looks important to me. Doesn't that mean this law only holds good if the landlord actually knows what their tenant is doing, and if this can actually be proven? I'd assume that most SPs don't tell the landlords of their incalls exactly what they're up to.... :)

[5IVESTAR 105]

These laws are not coming into place necessarily as a recourse on landlords they are just some of the people who could be potentially effected.

 

This law will be used to reposes property more then anything i imaging. For instance if someone is charged under the bawdy house act under this new act could now face loosing there property.

 

Or say someone is caught trafficking out of a house someone in the family or they themselves own it will most likely be confiscated much like other other proceeds of crime.

 

I think that is the intent of these law and similar laws have been put into place in the USA already

[mod 135639]

Apart from the Bawdy houses that WIT mentioned, also they can stick it as living off the avails of prostitution since the rent is paid from the money obtain by prostitution, I guess.

No, the living off the avails must be direct. That is like saying the guy at the convenience store who takes money for a pop from a prostitute is living off the avails same with the newspaper that allows her to advertise or the website hosting company who owns the servers where her website is... It does not mean they are living off the avails.

 

A Pimp would be

A husband

A Family member over the age of 18 who lives with her

A friend who is living with her

A receptionist taking calls

A driver

etc...

 

If these people are directly living off the proceeds of the crime then they are breaking the law. It's hard to prove but say a pimp or husband with no job living rent free and no source of income... they will often charge anyone over 18 and let the courts figure it out.

 

As WIT mentioned the landlord law is already a law. If they can prove that the landlord was aware of this activity and allowed it to continue he could loose the building. A landlord is who is made aware of such things going on in his/her building and chooses not to evict the person could be charged under that law.

 

My understanding is however that she would need to be charged, the landlord would need to be made aware of this and then if the landlord did not evict her (instead allowed her to continue) they could then charge the landlord. What this really goes after however is if the lady (or the pimp) happens to own the property they could then cease it.