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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 115.-The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 13th April, 1938:-
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Traffic in
women or
girls.
A BILL
[No. 12-26.3.38.—3.]
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the protection of
women and girls.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1938.
2. In this Ordinance-
(a) "Brothel" means a house, room, vessel or other place occupied, frequented or used by any two or more females for prostitution;
(b) "Keeper" includes any person having or appearing to have the management or control of the premises in question;
(c) "Occupier of premises" means the person in actual occupation of any premises;
(d) "Owner of premises" means the person for the time being receiving the rent or a consideration for the use of the premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would receive the same if such place were let to a tenant;
(e) References to "marriage" and provisions referring to "married" or "unmarried" women or girls or to "intent to marry'' shall be taken as including non-Christian customary marriages duly celebrated according to the personal law and religion of either party as well as Christian marriages or their civil equivalent.
3. (1) Every person who-
(a) takes part in bringing into or taking away from the Colony by force, intimidation or fraud any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony; or
(b) takes part in bringing, taking, decoying or enticing any woman or girl into or away from the Colony with intent to sell, pledge, let out to hire, purchase, take in pledge, take on hire or otherwise dispose of such woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony; or
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