02月 The Far Side(非主流)

    Prostitution: Legal or Illegal in Canada?

    编辑_朱一翔 设计_任晓强

    Prostitution means exchanging sex for money. Prostitution is legal in Canada and it is legal to be a sex worker, but it's nearly impossible for sex workers to practice prostitution without breaking the law and risking criminal charges.

    卖淫意即用性活动换取金钱。在加拿大，卖淫是合法的。作为一名性工作者本身是合法的，但是性工作者从事卖淫活动的同时又不触犯法律和遭受刑事指控的风险则几乎不可能。

    Four sections in the Criminal Code make almost every activity related to prostitution illegal and prohibit prostitution in almost every public or private place:

    Section 210 outlaws what are called "common bawdy-houses".

    Section 211 makes it illegal to take or direct a person to a bawdy-house.

    Section 212 prohibits "procuring" prostitution or "living on the avails" of prostitution.

    Section 213 outlaws "communicating in public for the purposes of prostitution".

    加拿大刑法有四节规定几乎将所有与卖淫有关的活动都视为非法 ......