(1)Any person who obtains for consideration the sexual services of a person, who is below 18 years of age, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, or with fine, or with both.
Section history
Section 376B — Commercial sex with minor below 18 years of age
As in force on 31 December 2021.
The text below is this provision as reproduced in the Revised Edition that came into force on this date. A revised edition consolidates the law without changing its substance, so editorial amendments — such as renumbering, updated citations and formatting — may have been made but are not shown as a redline.
(2)Any person who communicates with another person for the purpose of obtaining for consideration, the sexual services of a person who is below 18 years of age, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years, or with fine, or with both.
(3)No person shall be guilty of an offence under this section for any sexual services obtained from that person’s spouse.
(4)In this section, “sexual services” means any sexual services involving —
(a)sexual penetration of the vagina or anus, as the case may be, of a person by a part of another person’s body (other than the penis) or by anything else;
(b)penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth, as the case may be, of a person by a man’s penis; or
(c)touching which is sexual of another person or of himself or herself.