SP Bill 69 Session 6 (2025) 2 Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill Repeals of certain offences relating to prostitution 2 Repeal of the offence of soliciting and importuning by prostitutes Section 46 of the 1982 Act is repealed. 3 Repeals: further provision 5 (1) Despite sections 16 and 23A of the Interpretation Act 1978, on or after the relevant date— (a) no person can be convicted of or found to have committed a relevant offence, and (b) no penalty may be imposed on a person in respect of a relevant offence of which 10 that person was convicted prior to the relevant date. 1 (2) Subsection (1) applies, but is not limited, to any prosecution brought (whether before, on or after the relevant date) under section 119 or section 185 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995. (3) In proceedings for a relevant offence begun before, but not determined by, the relevant 15 date, the person charged in the proceedings may be convicted of a different offence if the facts proved in the proceedings amount to that different offence. (4) In subsection (3), “different offence” means a statutory offence other than a relevant offence. (5) In this section— 20 “relevant date” means the date on which this section comes into force, “relevant offence” means an offence under section 46 of the 1982 Act.