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Malaga gives green light to clamp down on stag and hen party behaviour with fines of up to 750 euros
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Malaga gives green light to clamp down on stag and hen party behaviour with fines of up to 750 euros

Local Police will soon be able to charge people with the offences of nudity and carrying inflatable sex dolls or items of a sexual nature in the streets

Pilar R. Quirós

Malaga

Friday, 22 September 2023, 11:24

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Malaga City Hall has taken a decisive step to put an end to the lewd behaviour surrounding the growing number of stag and hen parties that are held in the city centre.

After a process that began last December, the Citizen Coexistence regulations were approved on Thursday 21 September with the backing of local residents and businesses who are tired of the problems the rowdy groups can cause.

The final step in the process, before the new rules come into place, will be the approval at the next full council session on 27 September and is published in full in the Official Gazette of the Province (BOP).

The new regulations will prohibit nudity in the street, the carrying of inflatable dolls or elements of a sexual nature. Fines of up to 750 euros can be levied by Local Police officers for breaking the law.

Although the regulation itself was approved in 2019, the latest modification is very specific and is aimed at targeting the lewd behaviour of stag and hen parties. For example, article 36 stipulates that it is prohibited to go naked or in underwear in the city; although the council has inserted an exception to this to cover shows and festivals such as the carnival.

Paragraph five also expressly prohibits activities linked to prostitution such as "sexual practices and the offer, negotiation and direct or indirect acceptance of sexual services and the offer, solicitation, negotiation and direct or indirect acceptance of sexual services on public streets, when these practices affect the coexistence of citizens" and carries fines from 750 to 1,500 euros.

The ordinance also specifies that any fines collected in relation to prostitution will be used for the purpose of "defraying municipal social, training and employment programmes for those who carry out sex work in the terms set out in this ordinance and especially for those who decide to abandon this practice, thus assisting the victims of this scourge".

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