Hawaii Revised Statutes 712-1206 Loitering for the Purpose of Engaging in or Advancing Prostitution.

Cross References

Liability for coercion into prostitution, see chapter 663J.

[§712-1206] Loitering for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution. (1) For the purposes of this section, "public place" means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place.

(2) Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place and repeatedly beckons to or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other persons for the purpose of committing the crime of prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1200, shall be guilty of a violation.

(3) Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place and repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other persons for the purpose of committing the crime of advancing prostitution as that term is defined in section 712-1201(1) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. [L 1991, c 275, §1]

COMMENTARY ON §712-1206

Act 275, Session Laws 1991, prohibits loitering in a public place for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution. This section was created to help protect unwilling victims from repeated harassment, interference and assault by aggressive prostitutes in our public places. Senate Standing Committee Report No. 1050.

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