Section 580C — Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

(1) The common law offence of keeping a common bawdy house or brothel is abolished.
(2) A person cannot be convicted after the commencement of this section of an offence referred to in subsection (1) whether committed before or after that commencement.
(3) A person cannot be convicted after the commencement of this section of the common law offence of keeping a common, ill-governed and disorderly house, whether committed before or after that commencement, solely because—
(a) the relevant premises were used for the purposes of prostitution, or
(b) the person had control of or managed, or took part or assisted in the control or management of, premises used for the purposes of prostitution.

Related sections

• s 580 — Certain charges not to be brought at common law
• s 580A — Abolition of offence of being a common nightwalker
• s 580B — Abolition of offences of eavesdropping and being a common scold
• s 580D — Abolition of rule that husband and wife cannot be guilty of conspiracy
• s 580E — Abolition of distinction between felony and misdemeanour
• s 580F — Abolition of penal servitude

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