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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MARCH, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 122.
The following Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 33 of The Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, 1890, are published for general information.
By Command,
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st March, 1891.
nterpretation.
Registers to be kept.
Register of Brothels.
Register of Inmates of Brothels.
Applications for registration how made.
Certificate of registration.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Made by His Excellency The Governor in Council under Section 33 of "The Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, 1890,” this 16th day of March, 1891.
1. Words in these Rules and Regulations shall have the meanings assigned to them by section two of the above-mentioned Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance").
2. The following Registers shall be kept at the Office of the Registrar General.
(1.) A Register of Brothels.
(2.) A Register of Inmates of Brothels.
3. The Register of Brothels shall contain the following particulars:-
(a.) The distinguishing number of the brothel.
(b.) The situation of the brothel and its description by reference to the street,
the number of the premises, and other like particulars.
(c.) Name and address of the 'owner.
(d.) Name of the keeper.
(e.) Number of inmates for which it is certified.
(f.) Any other particulars which the Registrar General may think fit to record. 4. The Register of Inmates of Brothels (hereinafter called "The Register of In- mates") shall contain the following particulars:-
(1.) The registered number of each brothel.
(2.) With respect to each inmate,-
(a.) Her
name.
(b.) Her nationality, and in the case of Chinese the district in China to
which she belongs.
(c.) Her age.
(d.) The date of her arrival in the Colony.
(e.) Any other particulars respecting her which the Registrar General
may think fit to record.
5. (1.) Applications for the entry of a house upon the Register of Brothels shall be made in writing in the Form A in the Appendix. Every such application shall state the particulars B, C and D for entry on the Register, and the number of inmates by whom the brothel is intended to be used. It shall be accompanied by the written con- sent to the application of the owner of the premises.
(2.) On the receipt of such application, the Registrar General shall forward it to the Medical Officer appointed in that behalf by the Governor, for the purpose of obtaining his report on the sanitary condition of the premises and their structural suitability for the residence of the proposed number of inmates.
(3.) The Medical Officer shall forthwith, on the receipt of the application, inspect the premises, and report to the Registrar General whether they are or are not in a satis- factory sanitary condition and fit for the residence of the proposed number of inmates.
(4.) Where the premises are already registered as a brothel, the application shall be accompanied by a list of the names of the inmates.
6. (1.) If the Medical Officer certifies that he has inspected the premises and is satis- fied with their sanitary condition, and that they are fit for the residence of the proposed number of inmates, and if the premises are not situate in a locality where brothels have been declared by the Governor to be unlawful, the Registrar General shall enter the required particulars in the Register of Brothels, and shall deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration in the Form B in the Appendix.