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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 5, 1936.
Service of notice of offence under
section 12
on owner, etc.
Power to determine tenancies of premises used in con-
section 12,
13. Where it has been proved to the satisfaction of a magistrate that an offence under section 12 has been com- mitted with respect to any house or portion of a house he may order that a notice of the fact shall be served, either personally or by registered post, upon the owner or tenant of the premises, or if such owner or tenant is absent or under any disability upon his attorney, agent or rent collector, or if such owner or tenant is a corporation upon the secretary or manager thereof.
14. After service of such notice as is mentioned in section 13, any magistrate may, at the request of any such owner, tenant, attorney, agent, rent collector, secretary or travention of manager, make an order (which shall be recognised and given effect to in any proceeding in any court) absolutely putting an end to any existing tenancy or sub-tenancy of such premises as from the date of such order, and thereupon such tenancy or sub-tenancy shall absolutely cease and determine for all purposes and the occupier, tenant or sub- tenant of such premises may thereafter be treated as a tres- passer.
Penalty on
owner, etc., where premises again used
within three
months in
contraven-
tion of
section 12.
Amendment
15. If, after service of such notice as is mentioned in section 13, an offence against section 12 is proved to have been committed by any person within three months after such service, the person upon whom service is made (and, if he be an attorney, agent or rent collector, also the landlord whom he represents) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, unless he proves to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he neither knew nor had reasonable means of knowing that the premises were being used as a lodging house for prostitutes or as a brothel.
4. Section 16 of the Protection of Women and Girls of section 16 Ordinance, 1897, is amended by the deletion of the words
"or disorderly persons" in the ninth line.
of Ordinance
No. 4 of
1897.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 3rd day of June, 1936.
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D. M. MacDougall,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.