Cap. 63 Art. 2Inducing a person who has attained the age of twenty- one years to leave Maltaortocometo Malta from elsewhere for purposes of prostitution.

(1) Whoever, in order to gratify the lust of any other person, compels by means of violence or threats, or induces by deceit, a person who has attained the age of twenty-one years to leave Malta for purposes of prostitution elsewhere or to come to Malta from elsewhere for the purposes of prostitution in these islands, shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, with or without solitary confinement:

Provided that the punishment shall be imprisonment for a term from two to ten years, with or without solitary confinement, if the offence is committed -

(a) by an ascendant by consanguinity or affinity, by the adoptive father or mother, by the husband or the wife, or by a brother or sister; or

(b) by means of abuse of authority, of trust or of domestic relations; or

(c) habitually or for gain.

(2) A conviction under this article shall entail the forfeiture of every authority and right granted to the offender over the person or property of the person to whose prejudice the offence shall have been committed.