Crimes Ordinance Part XII 12-56 Section 147A Cap. 200 147A. Prohibition of signs advertising prostitution (1) Any person who publicly displays, or causes or permits the public display of, a sign that advertises, or may reasonably be understood to advertise, the services of a prostitute or of a person who organizes or arranges prostitution shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for 12 months. (Amended 31 of 1997 s. 17) (2) Where a sign displayed in contravention of subsection (1) advertises, or may reasonably be understood to advertise, that the services of a prostitute or of a person who organizes or arranges prostitution are available at a place, any person who keeps, or manages or is otherwise in charge or control of, that place shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have caused the display of the sign. (3) For the purposes of this section— (a) a sign is publicly displayed if, and only if, it can be seen from— (i) any place to which for the time being the public or a section of the public are entitled or permitted to have access, whether on payment or otherwise; or (ii) a common part of any premises notwithstanding that the public or a section of the public are not entitled or permitted to have access to that common part or those premises; and (b) in deciding how a sign may reasonably be understood regard may be had to— (i) all aspects of the sign, including its size, colour, shape and design; (ii) the location of the sign; Verified Copy Last updated date 5.12.2014