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District of Columbia Official Code
Division IV - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE AND PRISONERSTitle 22 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIESSubtitle I - CRIMINAL OFFENSESChapter 27 - PROSTITUTION; PANDERING
Subchapter I - GENERAL
Section 22-2709 - Detaining an individual in disorderly house for debt there contracted

D.C. Code § 22-2709

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Section 22-2709 - Detaining an individual in disorderly house for debt there contracted

Any person or persons who attempt to detain any individual in a disorderly house or house of prostitution because of any debt or debts such individual has contracted, or is said to have contracted, while living in said house of prostitution or disorderly house shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof be imprisoned for a term not less than one year nor more than 5 years. In addition to any other penalty provided under this section, a person may be fined an amount not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01.

D.C. Code § 22-2709

June 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 833, ch. 404, §5; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 12(e), 41 DCR 1639; June 3, 1997, D.C. Law 11-275, § 6, 44 DCR 1408; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 306(b), 60 DCR 2064.

Applicability of D.C. Law 19-317: Section 401 of D.C. Law 19-317 provided that the act shall apply only to offenses committed on or after June 11, 2013.