THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH DECEMBER, 1896.
it shall be made to appear to the Court or Jury before whom the charge shall be brought that the person so charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was of or above the age of sixtecu years. Provided also that no prosecution shall be commenced for an offence under this section more than three months after the commission of the offence.
6. Any person who-
(1.) Carnally knows nay girl under the age of twelve years, whether he is married to her or not, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be im- prisoned for life or for any less term with or without hard labour;
(2.) Attempts to have carual knowledge of any girl under the age of twelve years, whether he is married to her or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
(3.) Commits an indecent assault upon any girl under the age of twelve years, whether he is married to her or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to the punish- ment set out in the preceding sub-section hereof.
7. Any person who takes part in bringing, taking, decoy- ing or enticing into or away from the Colony, for the purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony, any woman or girl knowing that such woman or girl has been sold, pledged, let out to hire, purchased, taken in pledge, taken on hire or otherwise disposed of, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter provided.
8. Any person who detains any woman or girl against her will-
(1.) In or upon any premises with intent that she may be unlawfully and carnally known by any man, whether any particular man, or generally, or
(2.) In any brothel,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to the punishment bereinafter provided. For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to detain such woman or girl in or upon such premises or in such brothel, if, with intent to compel or induce her to remain in or upon such premises or in such brothel, such ́ person withholds from such woman or girl any wearing apparel or other property belonging to her, or, where wearing apparel has been lent or otherwise supplied to such woman or girl by or by the direction of such person, such person threatens such woman or girl with legal pro- ceedings if she takes away with her the wearing apparel so. lent or supplied..
No legal proceedings, whether civil or criminal, shall be ́ taken against any such woman or girl for taking away or being found in possession of any such wearing apparel as was necessary to enable her to leave such premises or brothel.
9. Any person who-
(1.) By threats, intimidation, falso pretences, false re- presentations or other fraudulent means procures or attempts to procure any woman or girl to have any illicit carnal connexion either within or without the Colony; or
(2.) Applies, administers to, or causes to be taken by any woman or girl any drug, matter, or thing, with intent to stupify or overpower so as thereby to enable any person to have unlawful carnal connexion with such woman or girl; or
(3.) Unlawfully and carnally knows or attempts to have unlawful carnal knowledge of any female idiot or imbecile woman or girl, under circumstances which do not amount to rapo, but which prove that the offender knew at the time of the commission of the offence that the woman or girl was an idiot or imbecile,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter provided.
Garbally knowlg a girl under twelve.
Ord. 7 of 1822,
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(Uf. 18 & 19, Vict. c. 69, 8. 4.)
Attempt to carnally know girl under twelve.
(Ord. 4 of 1865, B. 46.) (24 Vict. c. ico, s. 52.]
Indecent Assault apou girl under twelve.
(Ord. 4 of 1925, s. 46.)
Bringing
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girls into the Colony knowing them to have been Bold. (Ord. 11 of 1800, #. 7.)
Unlawful detention with Intent to
have carnal knowledge. (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69, s. 8. Compare Ord. 11 of 1890, 8. 8, subs, 1.)
Procuring defilement of woman by threats or fraud. (Ord. 13 of 1890, s. 8, uba. 3. Cf. Ord. 4 of 1865, s. 43 and 48 49 Vict. c. 69. 3, subs. (1) and (2).)
Procuring defilement by administering drugs, (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69, s. 3, subs. 3.)
Carnal or attempted curnal knowledge of female Imbceilu. (Ibid. H. 5, subs. 2.)
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