Section 225: B. Keeping a brothel
Whoever‐
(a) keeps or manages or assists in the management of a brothel; or
(b) being the tenant, lessee, or occupier or person in charge of any premises,
knowingly permits such premises or any part thereof to be used as a brothel or for the
purposes of habitual prostitution; or
(c) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord,
lets the same or any part thereof with the knowledge that such premises or some part
thereof are or is to be used as a brothel, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of
such premises or any part thereof as a brothel, is liable‐
(i) to a fine of one hundred naira or to imprisonment for six months; and
(ii) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of three hundred naira or to
imprisonment for one year,
or in either case, to both such fine and imprisonment.
Cite this section
Section 225, CRIMINAL CODE ACT (2004).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/criminal-code-act/section/225-3/