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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 13, 1938.
Receiving, detaining or harbour-
ing women or girls brought
into the
Colony by force, etc.
Receiving or detaining or harbour- ing girls procured or
women or
girls sold for prostitu-
tion.
Decoying
women or
girls for
emigration.
she is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution with any person, or generally, shall be liable on summary convic- tion to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
18.—(1) Every person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who without lawful authority or excuse-
(a) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any woman or girl who has been brought into or is about to be taken away from the Colony by force, intimidation or fraud; or
(b) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any unmarried girl under the age of 21 years without the consent of the person having the lawful care or charge of her.
(2) Where any person accused under paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) is proved to have received, harboured, detained or had under his control any female who appears to the magistrate to be under the age of 21 years, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed (a) that the female was an unmarried girl, and was under the age of 21 years, at the date of the alleged offence, and (b) that the accused received, harboured or detained her, or had her under his control, without the consent of the person having the lawful care or charge of her.
(3) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs : Provided that the consent of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall not be necessary for the arrest of any person suspected of having committed an offence against this section.
(4) No person charged under this section shall be entitled to be acquitted on the ground that such person brought the woman or girl into the Colony, or on the ground that such person took the woman or girl, or caused her to be taken, out of the possession of the person having the lawful care or charge of her.
19. Every person who-
(a) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any girl under the age of 16 years, knowing that she has been procured for the purpose of having unlawful carnal connexion with any other person, and with intent to aid such purpose; or
(b) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control. any woman or girl, knowing that she has been sold, pledged, let out to hire, purchased or otherwise disposed of either within or without the Colony for the purpose of prostitution, and with intent to aid such purpose; or
(c) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any woman or girl with intent that she shall be sold, pledged, let out to hire, purchased, taken in pledge, taken on hire or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
20. Every person who by force, intimidation or any fraudulent means brings, takes, decoys or entices any woman of purpose or girl into or away from the Colony for the emigration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.