§712-1203

Promoting prostitution

Drugs & vice · Chapter 712 — Offenses Against Public Health and Morals · Part I. Prostitution, Promoting Prostitution, and Sex

(1) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution if the person knowingly advances or profits from prostitution.

(2) Promoting prostitution is a class B felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 130, §3; am L 2008, c 147, §9; am L 2011, c 145, §4; am L 2016, c 206, §15]

Pattern jury instructions (HAWJIC)

Elements the State must prove for this offense.

HAWJIC 13.00AInstruction 13.00Aref

Source / Amendment history

[L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 130, §3; am L 2008, c 147, §9; am L 2011, c 145, §4; am L 2016, c 206, §15]

Cross references, commentary & case notes

Law Journals and Reviews State v. Ibarra: Prostitution, Intersectionality & the Hawai`i Supreme Court. 47 UH L. Rev. 249 (2024). Case Notes Statements made by women constituted verbal acts and were admissible against defendant charged under subsection (1)(a). 59 H. 401, 581 P.2d 1171 (1978). Section 701-109(1)(d) prohibits conviction under both this section and §842-2(2), as both this section and §842-2(2) seek to redress the same conduct--the control of an enterprise involved in criminal activity. In such case, this section, the specific statute, governs over the general statute, §842-2(2). 88 H. 19, 960 P.2d 1227 (1998). Cited: 58 H. 299, 568 P.2d 504 (1977).

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