(1) Any person knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of the prostitution of another person shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to both.

(2) Where any person is proved to live with or be habitually in the company of a prostitute or prostitutes, or to have exercised control, direction or influence over the movements of a prostitute or prostitutes in such a manner as to show that such person is aiding, abetting or compelling her or their prostitution with any other person or generally, such person shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution.