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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 13, 1938.
Registration of girls
(c) to give security to the satisfaction of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs that the girl will not leave the Colony without the consent in writing of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs;
(d) to give like security that the girl will not be trained for or employed in any occupation other than such occupation as may be approved of in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
(8) Any person who fails to produce any girl when so required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or fails to per- form any obligation imposed under any bond executed under sub-section (6) or (7) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding six months in addition to any penalty to which he may otherwise by law be liable.
(9) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, any Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs and any public officer authorized thereto in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, either generally or specially, may at any reasonable time enter and inspect the home of and interview any girl of whom the legal guardianship is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
32. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall keep a register of the girls of whom the legal guardianship is vested guardianship in him by virtue of this Ordinance.
of whom
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Regulations
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(2) Every person who at the date of the passing of this Ordinance has in his custody or control any girl the legal guardianship of whom is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs pursuant to section 31 (1) shall within three months from such date as may be appointed by the Governor by notification in the Gazette give notice thereof in a manner to be prescribed by regulations.
(3) Every person who acquires the custody or control of any such girl shall within one month from the date of acquiring such custody or control give notice thereof in a manner to be prescribed by regulations.
(4) Every person who brings into the Colony any such girl shall within one week from the date of bringing such girl into the Colony give notice thereof in a manner to be prescribed by regulations:
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply in the case of any girl required to be registered under the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923.
33. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations with respect to any of the following matters or for any of the following purposes :-
(a) the registration of girls the legal guardianship of whom is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and the keeping of such registers up to date;
(b) the inspection and control of such girls; (c) generally for the purposes of section 32.
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