{"id":559,"date":"2024-04-09T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/topic\/sexual-offences-procuring-a-girl-under-21\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:04:50","slug":"procuring-a-girl-under-21","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/topic\/sexual-offences\/procuring-a-girl-under-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Procuring a girl under 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is an offence contrary to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/200\/s132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 132(1)<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crimes Ordinance<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hklii.hk\/eng\/hk\/legis\/ord\/200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 200<\/a>) to procure a girl under 21 years\u2019 of age to have unlawful sexual intercourse in Hong Kong or elsewhere with a third person.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The maximum penalty for this offence is 5 years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To \u201cprocure\u201d is to produce or bring about by endeavour. There must be a causal link between what was done by the defendant and the unlawful sexual intercourse with a third person. There will be no \u201cprocurement\u201d if the girl acted of her own free will. For example, there will be no procurement if a woman is already a prostitute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is an offence contrary to Section 132(1) of the Crimes Ordinance (Chapter 200) to procure a girl under 21 years\u2019 of age to have unlawful sexual intercourse in Hong Kong or elsewhere with a third person. The maximum penalty for this offence is 5 years\u2019 imprisonment. To \u201cprocure\u201d is to produce or bring about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","topic-type":[3],"class_list":["post-559","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-type-sexual-offences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.youthclic.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-type?post=559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}