(a) No person, by any act or omission, shall contribute, encourage or tend to cause the delinquency or neglect of any child.
(b) In finding a person guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a child, it shall not be necessary to prove that the child has actually become delinquent, if it appears from the evidence that the accused is guilty of conduct or of an act of neglect or omission of duty on his part toward the child which would tend to bring about or to encourage the delinquency
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term "delinquent child" means a person under the age of eighteen years who:
(1) Violates a Federal or State law or a Municipal ordinance;
(2) Commits an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a crime not punishable by death or life imprisonment;
(3) Is incorrigible, ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the control of his parent, guardian or other custodian;
(4) Is habitually truant;
(5) Without just cause and without the consent of his parent, guardian or other custodian, repeatedly deserts his home or place of abode;
(6) Engages in an occupation which is in violation of law;
(7) Associates with immoral or vicious persons;
(8) Frequents a place the existence of which is in violation of law;
(9) Deports himself so as to wilfully injure or endanger the morals or health of himself or others. (1976 Code Sec. 13-35)