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Legal Terms - corruption of public morals
Behavior that is "destructive of society's [moral] fabric." Although those who published "directories" of prostitutes or magazine ads urging readers to meet the advertisers for homosexual activities have been found guilty of plotting to pervert public morals, it is unclear whether such acts are illegal. Cases: Knuller Ltd. v. DPP [1973] AC 435 (HL); Shaw v. DPP [1962] AC 220 (HL).
Behavior that is "destructive of society's [moral] fabric." Although those who published "directories" of prostitutes or magazine ads urging readers to meet the advertisers for homosexual activities have been found guilty of plotting to pervert public morals, it is unclear whether such acts are illegal. Cases: Knuller Ltd. v. DPP [1973] AC 435 (HL); Shaw v. DPP [1962] AC 220 (HL).
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