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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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Defined term: "Person" § 1-101
11-303. PANDERING.
(A) PROHIBITED — IN GENERAL.
A PERSON MAY NOT KNOWINGLY:
(1) TAKE OR CAUSE ANOTHER TO BE TAKEN TO ANY PLACE FOR
PROSTITUTION;
(2) PLACE, CAUSE TO BE PLACED, OR HARBOR ANOTHER IN ANY PLACE
FOR PROSTITUTION;
(3) PERSUADE OR ENCOURAGE BY THREAT OR PROMISE ANOTHER TO
BE TAKEN TO OR PLACED IN ANY PLACE FOR PROSTITUTION;
(4) UNLAWFULLY TAKE OR DETAIN ANOTHER WITH THE INTENT TO USE
FORCE, THREAT, OR PERSUASION TO COMPEL THE OTHER TO MARRY THE PERSON OR
A THIRD PERSON OR PERFORM A SEXUAL ACT, SEXUAL CONTACT, OR VAGINAL
INTERCOURSE; OR
(5) RECEIVE CONSIDERATION TO PROCURE FOR OR PLACE IN A HOUSE
OF PROSTITUTION OR ELSEWHERE ANOTHER WITH THE INTENT OF CAUSING THE
OTHER TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION OR ASSIGNATION.
(B) SAME — CONSENT OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN.
A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR PERSON WHO HAS PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY CARE
OR CUSTODY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUPERVISION OF ANOTHER MAY NOT
CONSENT TO THE TAKING OR DETENTION OF THE OTHER FOR PROSTITUTION.
(C) PENALTY.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF THE MISDEMEANOR OF
PANDERING AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING
10 YEARS OR A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $5,000 OR BOTH.
(D) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AND IN BANC REVIEW.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO § 5-106(B) OF THE
COURTS ARTICLE.
(E) VENUE.
A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION MAY BE CHARGED, TRIED, AND
SENTENCED IN ANY COUNTY IN OR THROUGH WHICH THE PERSON TRANSPORTED
OR ATTEMPTED TO TRANSPORT THE OTHER
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 27, § 428.
Throughout this section, the references to another "person" and the other
"person" are deleted for consistency within this article.
In subsection (d) of this section, the reference to a violation being "subject
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