Tenue d’une maison de débauche (infraction)

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Repealed September 19, 2019 (Bill C-75)

Keeping a Common Bawdy-house
Art. 210(1), (2) du
élection / plaidoyer
choix du mode de poursuite	acte d’accusation (210(1)) Summary (210(2)) une procédure sommaire doit être initiée dans les 12 mois de l'infraction (786(2))
Jurisdiction	Prov. Court only (210(1), (2))
dispositions sommaires
dispositions disponible	Absolution (730) ordonnances de probation (731(1)(a)) amende (734) amende + probation (731(1)(b)) prison (718.3, 787) prison + probation (731(1)(b)) prison + amende (734) ordonnances de sursis (742.1)
minimum	Aucun
maximum	emprisonnement maximal de deux ans moins un jour ou d'une amende de 5 000 $ (du 19 septembre 2019)
disposition des actes d'accusation
dispositions disponible	idem pour sommaire
minimum	Aucun
maximum	2 years incarcération
Référence
Éléments d'infraction résumé des cas de la peine

Overview

Les infractions liées au keeping a common bawdy-house se retrouvent dans la partie VII du Code criminel relative au « Désordre dans les maisons, aux jeux et paris ».

Offence Wording

Keeping common bawdy-house

210 (1) Every one who keeps a common bawdy-house is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

Landlord, inmate, etc.

(2) Every one who

(a) is an inmate of a common bawdy-house,

(b) is found, without lawful excuse, in a common bawdy-house, or

(c) as owner, landlord, lessor, tenant, occupier, agent or otherwise having charge or control of any place, knowingly permits the place or any part thereof to be let or used for the purposes of a common bawdy-house,

is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

Notice of conviction to be served on owner

(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) , the court shall cause a notice of the conviction to be served on the owner, landlord or lessor of the place in respect of which the person is convicted or his agent, and the notice shall contain a statement to the effect that it is being served pursuant to this section.

Duty of landlord on notice

(4) Where a person on whom a notice is served under subsection (3) fails forthwith to exercise any right he may have to determine the tenancy or right of occupation of the person so convicted, and thereafter any person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) in respect of the same premises, the person on whom the notice was served shall be deemed to have committed an offence under subsection (1) unless he proves that he has taken all reasonable steps to prevent the recurrence of the offence.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 193.
[annotation(s) ajoutée(s)]

– CCC (CanLII), (Jus.)

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Transporting person to bawdy-house

211. Every one who knowingly takes, transports, directs, or offers to take, transport or direct, any other person to a common bawdy-house is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 194.

– CCC (CanLII), (Jus.)

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Proof of the Offence

Prouver keeping a common bawdy house selon l'art. 210(1) doit inclure : ☐ identité de l'accusé comme coupable ☐ date et heure de l'incident ☐ juridiction (y compris la région et la province) ☐ the culprit's conduct, by its nature, caused harm or presented a significant risk of harm to individuals or society ☐ the risk was in a way that undermined or threatened to undermine a value reflected in and formally endorsed by the Constitution or other fundamental laws by ☐ confronting members of the public with conduct that significantly interferes with their autonomy and liberty; or ☐ predisposing others to anti-social behaviour; or ☐ physically or psychologically harming persons involved in the conduct, and ☐ the harm or risk of harm is of a degree that is incompatible with the proper functioning of society.

Prouver transporting person to bawdy-house selon l'art. 211 doit inclure : ☐ identité de l'accusé comme coupable ☐ date et heure de l'incident ☐ juridiction (y compris la région et la province) ☐ the culprit "takes, transports, directs, or offers to take, transport or direct, any other person" ☐ the destination is a "common bawdy-house" ☐ the act was done "knowingly"

Interpretation of the Offence

The categories of harm is not a closed list.

Keeping

For there be "keeping", it must be:

1. that the accused have some degree of control over the care and management of the premises, and
2. that the accused participate to some extent..., in the "illicit" activities of the common bawdy-house.

The accused does not need to participate in the sex acts, rather only participate in the use of the house as a bawdy-house.

Providing accommodations necessarily amounts to "keeping".

"Common Bawdy-house"

Section 197(1) defines "common bawdy-house" as:

197 (1) In this Part [Pt. VII – Maisons de désordre, jeux et paris (art. 197 à 213)],
...
“common bawdy-house” means, for the practice of acts of indecency, a place that is kept or occupied or resorted to by one or more persons;
...
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 197; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 29; 2014, c. 25, s. 12.
Repealed on September 19, 2019 with enactment of 2019, c. 25.

– CCC (CanLII), (Jus.)

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"Kept" refers to the "frequent or habitual activity."

A common bawdy-house can include any fixed area where acts of prostitution occur. It can include parking lots.

A massage parlour where the messages will include offers of masturbation may not be "houses of prostitution."

Sentencing Principles and Ranges

Pour les principes généraux relatifs aux peines pour les délits sexuels, voir infractions sexuelles

Ranges

voir également: Keeping a Common Bawdy-house (jurisprudence des peines)

See Also

References

• Pre-Trial and Trial Motions Checklist