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2019 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title M - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
Article 230 - Prostitution Offenses
230.01 - Prostitution; Affirmative Defense.

Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 230.01 (2019)
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§ 230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense.

In  any  prosecution  under  section  230.00,  section 230.03, section
  230.19, 230.20, subdivision  2  of  section  230.25,  subdivision  2  of
  section 230.30, section 230.34-a or subdivision two of section 240.37 of
  this   part,   it   is  an  affirmative  defense  that  the  defendant's
  participation in the offense was a result of having  been  a  victim  of
  compelling   prostitution   under   section  230.33,  a  victim  of  sex
  trafficking under section 230.34  of  this  article,  a  victim  of  sex
  trafficking  of  a  child  under  section  230.34-a of this article or a
  victim  of  trafficking  in  persons  under  the   trafficking   victims
  protection act (United States Code, Title 22, Chapter 78).

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