Section 213 of the Criminal Code – Prostitution

1 March 1991
March 1, 1991

This brief was written in response to recommendations by the Committee on Justice and the Solicitor General to make prostitution an indictable offence, in order to permit fingerprinting of all prostitutes. Happily, the federal government agreed with NAWL’s comments and did not implement the Committee’s recommendation.

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