Section 30 Chapter Definitions

• Library: Criminal Code Revision History & Overview 2014

An opposite course of action was taken with the chapter definitions statute for Chapter 567, RSMo, Prostitution, than with chapter definitions elsewhere in the Revised Code. In Chapter 567, many of the elements of the prostitution offenses were actually set forth in the definitions, with the prohibited conduct not clearly present in the offense statute itself. For instance, under the pre-Revised Code, § 567.020 (amended), a person committed the crime of prostitution if the person “perform[ed] an act of...