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THE UTTAR PRADESH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1959

Section 444. Loitering and soliciting for immoral purpose.

Whoever, in a street or public place within the limits of the City, loiters for the purpose of prostitution or importunes a person to the commission of sexual immorality shall be liable on conviction to a fine which may extend to fifty rupees :\br@s Provided that no court shall take cognizance of an offence under this section except on the complaint of the person importuned or on the complaint of a 1Corporation or a police officer not below the rank of a sub-inspector respectively authorized in this behalf in writing by the 1Corporation and the District Magistrate.\br@s

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