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Immorality Amendment Act

Act No. 68 of 1967.


“(2) Any person found in or upon such house or place who, when called upon to do so by the police officer conducting the search, refuses to furnish his name and address or furnishes a name or address which is false in any material particular or refuses to disclose the name or identity of the keeper of such house or place or to produce any book, receipt, paper, document or thing which he has in his possession or custody or under his control, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred rand and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.”.


Insertion of section 12A in Act 23 of 1957.

2. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 12:

Assistance for purposes of unlawful carnal intercourse.

12A. (1) Any person who, with intent that any female, whether a particular female or not, be unlawfully carnally known by any male, performs any act or does anything or furnishes any information which is calculated or likely to enable such male to communicate with or to establish the whereabouts of or to trace any such female, shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) No prosecution in respect of an offence under subsection (1) shall be instituted except on the written authority of the attorney-general having jurisdiction in the area concerned or of a member of his staff designated by him in writing.”.


Amendment of section 21 of Act 23 of 1957.

3. Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:

“(4) Whenever in any prosecution for an offence under section 12A it is proved that the accused has performed any act or has done anything or has furnished any information, which was calculated or likely to enable any male to communicate with or to establish the whereabouts of or to trace any female who the accused had reason to believe to be a prostitute, the accused shall be presumed to have performed such act or to have done such thing or to have furnished such information, as the case may be, with intent that such female be unlawfully carnally known by such male, unless the contrary is proved.”.


Substitution of section 22 of Act 23 of 1957.

4. The following section is hereby substituted for section 22 of the principal Act:

Penalties.

22. Any person who is convicted of an offence under the provisions of this Act for which no special penalty is prescribed, shall be liable—