§ 162-450. Solicitation for prostitution, violation of law.  


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  • (a)

    No driver of any for-hire vehicle licensed to operate on the streets of the city pursuant to this article shall solicit any person, either in or out of the vehicle, to transport such person to any place in the city or elsewhere in the state for the purpose of participation in prostitution, sexual lewdness or obscenity, or for the purpose of participation in the violation of any law of the state.

    (b)

    It shall be unlawful for any driver of any vehicle licensed to operate under this chapter to permit any person to occupy or use such vehicle for the purpose of prostitution or pandering, or the violation of any other law of this state or ordinance of this city. It shall be unlawful for any driver, as mentioned in this section, to allow or permit the use of the vehicle for any of the purposes prohibited in this entire section where the driver has knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle is to be used, or is being used for such unlawful purpose.

(Code 1956, § 12-123)