General Laws

[ Text of section effective until February 19, 2012. For text effective February 19, 2012, see below.]

  Section 8. Whoever shall solicit or receive compensation for soliciting for a prostitute shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or both.

Chapter 272: Section 8. Soliciting for prostitute

[ Text of section as amended by 2011, 178, Sec. 24 effective February 19, 2012. For text effective until February 19, 2012, see above.]

  Section 8. Whoever solicits or receives compensation for soliciting for a prostitute shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 and one-half years, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 or by both such imprisonment and fine.