Section 22, The Summary Conviction Offences Ordinance

(1) Any person who- (a) keeps, or manages, or acts or assists in the management, of a brothel; or (b) being the tenant, lessee, or occupier of any premises, knowingly permits such premises, or any part thereof, to be used as a brothel, for the purposes of habitual prostitution; or (c) being the lessor or landlord of any premises, or the agent of such lessor or landlord, lets the same, or any part thereof, with the knowledge that such premises, or some part thereof, are, or is to be used as a brothel, or is wilfully a party to the continued use of such premises or any part thereof, as a brothel, shall, on conviction, be liable- (i) to a penalty, not exceeding twenty pounds, or, in the discretion of the Magistrate, to be imprisoned for any term .not exceeding three months; and (ii) on a second or subsequent conviction, to a penalty, not exceeding forty pounds, or, in the discretion of the Magistrate, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding four months; and (iii) in case of a third or subsequent conviction, such person may, in addition to such penalty or imprisonment, as last aforesaid, be required by the Magistrate to enter into a recognisance, with or without sureties, as to the Magistrate seems meet, to be of good behaviour for any period, not exceeding twelve months, and in default of entering into such recognisance, with or without sureties (as the case may be), such person may be imprisoned for any period not exceeding three months, in addition to any such term of imprisonment as aforesaid. (2) This section shall not exempt any person from any proceedings by information for an offence which is punishable at common law or under any Statute or Ordinance in force in the Colony, so that a person be not punished twice for the same offence.