sex offenses

sex offenses Sec. 202. (a) (1) Section 9 of the Act entitled “An Act for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia”, approved July 29, 1892, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 22–1112), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 9. (a) It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to make any obscene or indecent exposure of his or her person, or to make any lewd, obscene, or indecent sexual proposal, or to commit any other lewd, obscene, or indecent act in the District of Columbia, under penalty of not more than $300 fine, or imprisonment of not more than ninety days, or both, for each and every such offense. “(b) Any person or persons who shall commit an offense described in subsection (a), knowing he or she or they are in the presence of a 67 Stat. 93child under the age of sixteen years, shall be punished by imprisonment of not more than one year, or fined in an amount, not to exceed $1,000, or both, for each and every such offense.” (2) Section 18 of such Act (D. C. Code, sec. 22–109) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The second sentence of this section shall not apply with respect to any violation of section 9 (b).” (b) The first section of the Act entitled “An Act for the suppression of prostitution in the District of Columbia”, approved August 15, 1935, as amended (D. C. Code. sec. 22–2701), is amended to read as follows: “That it shall not be lawful for any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading, any person or persons sixteen years of age or over in the District of Columbia, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose, under a penalty of not more than $250 or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both.”