§ 266

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 615, Sec. 1. (AB 662) Effective January 1, 2020.

A person who inveigles or entices a person under 18 years of age into a

house of ill fame, or of assignation, or elsewhere, for the purpose of prostitution, or to have illicit carnal connection with another person, and a person who aids or assists in that inveiglement or enticement,

and a

person who, by any false pretenses, false representation, or other fraudulent means, procures

a person to have illicit carnal connection with another person, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

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