§ 2637.
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§ 2637. Appropriating or levying upon earnings of prostitute
(a)A person shall not:
(1)hold, detain, or restrain a person in a house of prostitution for the purpose of compelling such person, directly or indirectly, by the person’s voluntary or involuntary service or labor, to pay, liquidate, or cancel a debt, dues, or obligations incurred or claimed to have been incurred in such house of prostitution; or
(2)accept, receive, levy, or appropriate money or other valuable thing from the proceeds or earnings of a person engaged in prostitution.
(b)An acceptance, receipt, levy, or appropriation of such money or valuable thing shall be presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.
(c)A person who violates a provision of this section shall be punished as provided in section 2635 of this title. (Amended 2001, No. 49, § 17.)