Pandering: Placing spouse in brothel; penalties.
1. A person who by force, fraud, intimidation or threats, places, or procures any other person to place, his spouse in a house of prostitution or compels his spouse to lead a life of prostitution is guilty of pandering and shall be punished:
(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used upon the spouse, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. Upon the trial of any offense mentioned in this section, either spouse is a competent witness for or against the other spouse, with or without the other’s consent, and may be compelled so to testify.
Last modified: February 25, 2006