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2022 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 37. Hawaii Penal Code
712. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
PART I. PROSTITUTION, PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, AND SEX TRAFFICKING
COMPOUNDS
- 712-1200 Prostitution. §711-1200 Commentary:
- 712-1200.5 Commercial sexual exploitation.
- 712-1201 Advancing prostitution; profiting from prostitution; definition of terms.
- 712-1202 Sex trafficking.
- 712-1203 Promoting prostitution.
- 712-1204 REPEALED. § §712-1201 To 712-1204 Commentary:
- 712-1205 REPEALED.
- 712-1206 Loitering for the purpose of engaging in or advancing prostitution.
- 712-1207 Street prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation; designated areas.
- 712-1208 Promoting travel for prostitution.
- 712-1209 Commercial sexual exploitation near schools or public parks.
- 712-1209.1 Commercial sexual exploitation of a minor.
- 712-1209.5 Habitual commercial sexual exploitation.
- 712-1209.6 Prostitution; motion to vacate conviction.
- 712-1210 Definitions of terms in this part.
- 712-1211 Displaying indecent matter. §712-1211 Commentary:
- 712-1212 REPEALED.
- 712-1213 Displaying indecent material; prima facie evidence. §712-1213 Commentary:
- 712-1214 Promoting pornography. §712-1214 Commentary:
- 712-1215 Promoting pornography for minors. §712-1215 Commentary:
- 712-1215.5 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the first degree.
- 712-1215.6 Promoting minor-produced sexual images in the second degree.
- 712-1216 Promoting pornography; prima facie evidence. §712-1216 Commentary:
- 712-1216.5 Importation, sale, or possession of a childlike sex doll.
- 712-1217 Open lewdness. §712-1217 Commentary:
- 712-1218 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexual performers.
- 712-1218.5 Failure to maintain age verification records of sexually exploited individuals.
- 712-1219 Failure to affix information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers.
- 712-1219.5 Disseminating visual depiction of sexual conduct without affixed information disclosing location of age verification records of sexual performers.
- 712-1220 Definitions of terms in this part.
- 712-1221 Promoting gambling in the first degree.
- 712-1222 Promoting gambling in the second degree.
- 712-1222.5 Promoting gambling aboard ships. (1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling aboard ships if the person knowingly advances or profits from gambling activity by: (a) Managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, a gambling ship; (b) Managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, any craft which embarks from any point within the State, and disembarks at the same or another point within the State, during which the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits gambling activity to be conducted, whether within or without the waters of the State; or (c) Transporting, conveying, or carrying any person to a gambling ship or a craft described in paragraph (b). (2) In this section: (a) "Craft" includes every boat, ship, vessel, barge, hulk, or other thing capable of floating. (b) "Gambling ship" means any craft kept, operated, or maintained for the purpose of gambling, whether within or without the waters of the State and whether it is anchored, moored, lying to, or navigating. (3) This section shall not apply to gambling activity conducted during travel from foreign nations or another state or territory of the United States to the point of first entry into state waters or during travel to foreign nations or another state or territory of the United States from the point of final exit from state waters; provided that nothing herein shall preclude prosecution for any offense under this part. (4) Promoting gambling aboard ships is a class C felony. [L 1990, c 196, §1; am L 1992, c 57, §2; gen ch 1992] Revision Note In subsection (2), paragraph designations deleted and after the definition of "craft" "and" deleted and punctuation changed pursuant to §23G-15.
- 712-1223 Gambling. § §712-1221 To 712-1223 Commentary:
- 712-1224 Possession of gambling records in the first degree.
- 712-1225 Possession of gambling records in the second degree.
- 712-1226 Possession of a gambling device. § §712-1224 To 712-1226 Commentary:
- 712-1227 Possession of gambling records; defense.
- 712-1228 Gambling offenses; prima facie evidence.
- 712-1229 Lottery offenses; no defense.
- 712-1230 Forfeiture of property used in illegal gambling. §712-1230 Commentary:
- 712-1231 Social gambling; definition and specific conditions, affirmative defense.
- 712-1232 Savings promotion or prize-linked savings contest not gambling.
COMPOUNDS
- 712-1240 Definitions of terms in this part.
- 712-1240.1 Defense to promoting.
- 712-1240.5 Manufacturing a controlled substance with a child present.
- 712-1240.6 REPEALED.
- 712-1240.7 Methamphetamine trafficking.
- 712-1240.8 REPEALED.
- 712-1240.9 Methamphetamine trafficking; restitution and reimbursement.
- 712-1241 Promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree.
- 712-1242 Promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree.
- 712-1243 Promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree.
- 712-1244 Promoting a harmful drug in the first degree.
- 712-1245 Promoting a harmful drug in the second degree.
- 712-1246 Promoting a harmful drug in the third degree.
- 712-1246.5 Promoting a harmful drug in the fourth degree.
- 712-1247 Promoting a detrimental drug in the first degree.
- 712-1248 Promoting a detrimental drug in the second degree.
- 712-1249 Promoting a detrimental drug in the third degree.
- 712-1249.4 Commercial promotion of marijuana in the first degree.
- 712-1249.5 Commercial promotion of marijuana in the second degree.
- 712-1249.6 Promoting a controlled substance in, on, or near schools, school vehicles, public parks, or public housing projects or complexes.
- 712-1249.7 Promoting a controlled substance through a minor.
- 712-1250 Promoting intoxicating compounds. § §712-1241 To 712-1250 Commentary:
- 712-1250.5 Promoting intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of twenty-one.
- 712-1251 Possession in a motor vehicle; prima facie evidence.
- 712-1252 Knowledge of character, nature, or quantity of substance, or age of transferee; prima facie evidence.
- 712-1253 Penalties under other laws.
- 712-1254 Bar to prosecution.
- 712-1255 Conditional discharge.
- 712-1256 Expunging of court records.
- 712-1257 Prohibited cigarette sales of less than twenty.
- 712-1258 Tobacco products and electronic smoking devices; persons under twenty-one years of age.
- 712-1260 REPEALED.
- 712-1270 Places used to commit offenses against public health and morals or other offenses, a nuisance.
- 712-1270.3 Citizen's rights.
- 712-1270.5 Injunctions against persons. Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit injunctions against persons causing, maintaining, aiding, abetting, or permitting a nuisance from entering or residing in any public or private building, premises, or place, in or upon which the nuisance exists. [L 1998, c 286, §1; am L 2005, c 123, §2]
- 712-1271 Suit to abate.
- 712-1271.5 Standard of proof.
- 712-1271.6 Protective order.
- 712-1272 Temporary writ.
- 712-1273 Suit to have precedence.
- 712-1274 Failure to prosecute.
- 712-1275 Order of abatement.
- 712-1276 Costs and expenses.
- 712-1277 Owner not guilty of contempt; may pay costs.
- 712-1277.5 Contempt.
- 712-1278 Fine, costs, lien on place.
- 712-1279 Termination of lease.
- 712-1280 Place.
- 712-1281 Forfeiture; fireworks.
Note
L 2001, c 91, 4 purports to amend this chapter.
Cross References
Display of adult entertainment products for sale, see 489X-1.
Habitual solicitation of prostitution, see 712-1209.5.
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