Dutch plan to legalise prostitution
NZPA-Reuter The Hague The Netherlands, already one of the most liberal countries in Europe, was considering legalising prostitution, a Justice Ministry spokesman said yesterday. The Dutch Justice Minister, Mr’ Frederik Korthals Aites, wants to quash a law under which anyone practising prostitution as a trade is liable to a one-year prison sentence or a 2000 guilders (3978) fine. Prostitution goes on openly in parts of most Dutch cities and the law has not been applied properly for many years although the police do take occasional action against prostitutes. The “red light” district of Amsterdam has long been a tourist attraction.
Under new legislation envisaged by Mr Aites women would be free to conduct E restitution, but a law foridding pimps or others to force a women into prostitution against her will would remain in force, the Ministry spokesman said. Laws forbidding sex with juveniles would also not be changed. Before any new legislation can be drawn up, the Minister believes, a United Nations treaty' signed in 1971 banning the exploitation of women will have to be studied.
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