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33. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to Regulations make regulations for the following purposes:-
(a) the registration of girls the legal guardianship of whom is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs pursuant to section 31 (1) 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.
for registration
34.-(1) Every person who contravenes any of the Penalty, provisions of section 32 or of the regulations made under section 33 shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
(2) No prosecution under section 32 or 33 shall be instituted without the consent of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 20 of the Magistrates Ordinance, 1932, any complaint or informa- tion in respect of an offence against section 32 or section 33 may be laid at any time.
35.-(1) In any proceedings under sections 32, 33 and 34 the following shall be admissible in evidence upon pro- duction :--
(a) any register, or any part of any register, which pur- ports to be kept under section 33;
(b) any extract from any such register purporting to be certified as correct by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs;
(c) any photograph which appears to have been taken. for the purpose of any such register.
(2) If any such photograph appears to have a serial number, and if the said serial number occurs in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular girl, it shall until the contrary is proved be assumed that the photograph in question is the photograph of the girl indicated by the said serial number.
Admis- sibility of register, etc.
Secretary
women or
girls from
36.-(1) Whenever the Secretary for Chinese Affairs Powers of has reason to believe that any woman or girl is or may for Chinese be in the custody or control of another person in circum- Affairs to
protect stances which indicate that she is in need of protection from being used or trained for immoral purposes or for purposes of emigration or that she has been brought to the Colony by force, or fraud, or by misrepresentation, false pretences or false promises, or that she is living in circum- stances calculated to cause, encourage or favour her seduction or prostitution, he may inquire into the case and-
(i) may make any order (including if he thinks fit an order for removal to and detention in a place of refuge) regarding the custody and control of the woman or girl which he may think desirable in her interest, and if he so thinks fit may require any person in whose charge he shall place her to enter into a bond, with one or more sureties, to treat her well; or
(ii) may require any person in whose custody she is or appears to be to do all or any of the following things-
(a) to produce such woman or girl;
immoral exploitation
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