Commentary to article 271. Organization or maintenance of prostitution dens and pandering of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. Organization or maintenance of prostitution dens, as well as pandering for mercenary purposes —
are punishable by a fine in the amount of five hundred to one thousand monthly calculation indices or in the amount of the convicted person's salary or other income for a period of five months to one year, or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
2. The same acts committed by an organized group, as well as by a person previously convicted of organizing or maintaining brothels, or pandering, or engaging in prostitution, —
are punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
The public danger of this crime is a gross violation of public morality.
The object of this crime is public morality.
On the objective side, the crime is expressed in the organization or maintenance of these brothels for prostitution and pandering.
The organization of a brothel is understood as any activity for its creation: the search for premises, the equipment of the premises, the selection of clients, and so on.
The maintenance of a brothel should be understood as the systematic provision of residential or other premises for a fee.
Pimping is the mercenary mediation between men and women who easily have sexual relations in order to facilitate their entry into sexual intercourse and arrange dates for the purpose of sexual acts, and so on.
A person who has reached the age of 16 may be the subject of crimes provided for in Article 271 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The person who runs the brothel may be the owner of the premises, but may simply dispose of it due to any circumstances. The subjective side of this crime is guilt in the form of direct intent. A person realizes that he is committing a crime for a selfish purpose, that is, for a reward or other material benefit.
Qualifying types of this crime: the same acts committed by an organized group (see Article 31 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan), as well as by a person previously convicted of organizing or maintaining brothels, or pandering, or engaging in prostitution.
Commentary from 2007 to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the Honored Worker of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the Kazakhstan National Academy of Natural Sciences BORCHASHVILI I.Sh.
Date of amendment of the act: 08/02/2007 Date of adoption of the act: 08/02/2007 Place of acceptance: NO Authority that adopted the act: 180000000000 Region of operation: 100000000000 NPA registration number assigned by the regulatory body: 167 Status of the act: new Sphere of legal relations: 028000000000 Report form: COMM Legal force: 1900 Language of the Act: rus
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