No person shall keep or maintain or in any way be connected
with or contribute to the support of any prostitution house or house
of ill fame or shall knowingly own or be interested therein as proprietor
or landlord thereof.
Any person engaging in prostitution or found at or frequently
in either of the places described in this article shall be deemed
a "disorderly person" and shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter
provided.
It shall be unlawful for any person to commit or offer or agree
to commit a lewd act or an act of prostitution.
Any person violating this article shall be subject to any available
criminal penalties and also to a forfeiture of not less than $500
nor more than $1,000, for the first offense; and not less than $750
and no more than $1,000 for any succeeding offense or offenses committed
during the same calendar year, together with the costs of prosecution.
