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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 13, 1938.
Service of
summons, notice, etc
Reception in evidence
of warrant or order,
direction,
or authoriza-
tion under
hand of the
Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Appointment of officers.
Repeal of Ordinances No. 4 of
(2) Every person who—
(a) on service of such notice, does not appear at the time and place therein mentioned; or
(b) fails to produce all documents in his custody, posses- sion or power, or to answer truthfully all questions which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may put to him, relating to the matter under inquiry; or
(c) having any woman or girl in his custody or control and being required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to produce her, without lawful excuse refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement,
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceed- ing one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
41. All summonses, notices and other documents re- quired to be served or given under this Ordinance shall be deemed validly and sufficiently served or given to or left with the person intended to be served or to whom the notice is intended to be given or, if he cannot be readily found, if posted by registered post to, or left with some adult at, his last known place of abode or business.
42. Every warrant, order, direction or authorization, purporting to be issued in pursuance of this Ordinance under the hand of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, shall be received in evidence in every court without further proof, and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, and all acts done in pursuance thereof shall be deemed to have been authorized by law.
43. The Governor may appoint such officers as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance.
44. The Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordin- 1897, No. 21 ance, 1929, the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment
of 1929,
No. 43
of 1932,
No. 14 of 1934, and
No. 25 of 1936.
Amendment
of Ordin-
ances No. 2
of 1865,
No. 3 of
1903, No. 3 of
Ordinance, 1932, the Protection of Women and Girls Amend- ment Ordinance, 1934, and the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1936, and all regulations made thereunder are repealed.
45.-(1) Section 3 (6) of the Flogging Ordinance, 1903, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted :-
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(6) of any offence punishable with flogging under 1916. No. 1 section 30 of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance,
of 1923,
No. 13 of
1929, No. 22
of 1929,
No. 1
of 1932 and No. 41 of
1932.
1938."
(2) The date "1938" is substituted for the date "1897" wherever it occurs in
(a) section 45 (2) (a) of the Offences Against the Person Ordinance, 1865 (as enacted by section 2 of Ordinance No. 13 of 1929), sections 2 (1) and 5 (2) of the Punishment of Incest Ordinance, 1916, section 17 (1) (e) of the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance, 1932, and section 89 (5) of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932.
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