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No. and year of law	Short title	Extent of repeal or amendment
		(b) wilfully and openly exhibits himself or herself in an indecent dress or manner at any door or window or within view of any public street or place or in any place to which the public have access], shall be guilty of an offence. (2) Any person 18 years or older who wilfully and openly exhibits himself or herself in an indecent dress or manner at any door or window or within view of any public street or place or in any place to which the public have access, shall be guilty of an offence.”. 4. The amendment of section 20 by the— (a) substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1) Any person who— (a) knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution; or [(aA) has unlawful carnal intercourse, or commits an act of indecency, with any other person for reward; or (b) in public commits any act of indecency with another person; or] (c) in public or in private in any way assists in bringing about, or receives any consideration for, the commission by any person of any act of indecency with another person, shall be guilty of an offence.”; and (b) insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1A) Any person 18 years or older who— (a) has unlawful carnal intercourse, or commits an act of indecency, with any other person for reward; or (b) in public commits any act of indecency with another person, shall be guilty of an offence.”. 5. The substitution for section 22 of the following section: “22. Penalties Any person who is convicted of an offence under the provisions of this Act for which no special penalty is prescribed, shall be liable— (a) in the case of an offence referred to in section 2 or 20(1)(a) or [(aA)] (1A)(a), to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years with or without a fine not exceeding R6 000 in addition to such imprisonment; [(b) in the case of an offence referred to in section 9(1), to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or, if the child concerned is a boy under the age of 14 years or a girl under the age of 12 years, for life;]