Jump to navigation. The Criminal Code of Algeria makes it illegal to soliciting to sell sex and to aid, assist or protect the prostitution of others; to share the profits of a person who is regularly engaged in prostitution; to live with a person who is regularly engaged in prostitution; and to procuring a person for prostitution.
The code also prohibits keeping, managing, causing to operate, financing, or contributing to the financing of an establishment for the purpose of prostitution.
The Antigua and Barbuda Sexual Offences Act makes it illegal to knowingly live off the earning of a prostitute and to manage or act or assist in the management of a brothel which includes being the tenant or occupier who knowingly permits the premises to be used for the purposes of prostitution.
It is also illegal for men to persistently solicit or importune for immoral purposes in public. The law applies to both men and women who sell sex. Additionally Section The Immigration And Passport Act HIV testing is officially voluntary and confidential. It is illegal to knowingly live on the earnings of prostitution, to operate a brothel and to procure a person for prostitution whether the person is willing or not. Where any person is in a brothel or other premises for the purpose of unlawful sexual intercourse they are deemed to have been detained if their clothes have been withheld or if drugs have been supplied.
Persistently soliciting or importuning for immoral purposes in any public place is illegal. This can apply to both buying and selling sex. Same sex and heterosexual intercourse is illegal in a public place. People who are reasonably believed to have come to The Bahamas for any immoral purpose, or who are reasonably believed to be a prostitute are prohibited from entering the country.
