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SECTION 230.01
Prostitution; affirmative defense
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE M, ARTICLE 230
§ 230.01 Prostitution; affirmative defense.

In any prosecution under section 230.00, section 230.03, section
230.19, section 230.20, subdivision 2 of section 230.25, subdivision 2
of section 230.30 or section 230.34-a of this article, 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 of this article, a victim of sex trafficking under
section 230.34 of this article, a victim of sex trafficking of a child
under section 230.34-a of this article or a victim of trafficking in
persons under the trafficking victims protection act (United States
Code, Title 22, Chapter 78).