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In 1972, “Vag C” or the vagrancy law, dating from the prohibition era, was repealed. The vagrancy law held that a woman had to be able to account for her presence on the street or risk being prosecuted as a “common” prostitute. Changing times and objections from civil libertarians and women’s groups necessitated the shifting focus of prostitution law from a “status offence ... ................
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