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230.01 – Prostitution; affirmative defense

§ 230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense.

In any prosecution under section 230.00, section 230.03 or subdivision
two of section 240.37 of this part, it is an affirmative defense that
the defendant’s participation in the offense was a result of having been
a victim of compelling prostitution under section 230.33, a victim of
sex trafficking under section 230.34 of this article or a victim of
trafficking in persons under the trafficking victims protection act
(United States Code, Title 22, Chapter 78).

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