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Keeper to reside in brothel.
Governor to appoint Inspectors.
Duty of Inspectors.
Sanitary inspection of
brothels to be made biennially.
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st MARCH, 1891.
(4.) A notice in such languages as the Registrar General may direct that every inmate may at any time leave the brothel and may at all times make complaint to the Registrar General or any officer of detention or ill-treatment on the part of the said keeper or of any person in the brothel.
16. The keeper of a brothel shall reside in the brothel of which she is registered as keeper.
17. The Governor shall appoint such Inspectors under this Ordinance as he shall think fit, who shall be attached to the Office of the Registrar General.
18. (1.) It shall be the duty of every Inspector periodically and at such times as the Registrar General may order to visit every registered brothel in his district, and to report forthwith to the Registrar General:-
(a.) Any complaint made to him by an inmate of a brothel.
(b.) Any case in which he has reason to believe that any inmate of a brothel
is the subject of oppression or ill-treatment.
(c.) Any instance of improper or disorderly or indecent conduct on the part
of the inmates or frequenters of a brothel.
(d.) Any breach or non-observance of the provisions of the Ordinance or of these rules or of any rules or regulations for the time being in force under the Ordinance, which may be reported to him or come to his
notice.
(e.) Any case in which he has grounds for suspecting the existence of an un-
registered brothel.
(2.) Every Inspector shall keep a diary of his work, and shall submit the same weekly, or as often as may be required, to the Registrar General.
19. Every registered brothel shall be inspected twice in each year at the least by a Medical Officer to be appointed by the Governor for that purpose, who shall report to the Colonial Secretary on the sanitary condition of each brothel inspected by him, and shall make such suggestions for the amendment of the sanitary arrangements of such brothel as he may deem expedient.
20. Every registered brothel shall be liable to be inspected at all times by the Registrar General, the Colonial Surgeon, the Captain Superintendent of Police, and their deputies. Any person offering any obstacle or resistance to such inspection shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against the Regulations.
21. The keeper of a registered brothel for persons other than Chinese shall not permit any male Chinese to enter the brothel without the permission of the Registrar General and the keeper of a registered brothel for Chinese shall not permit any person other than a Chinese to enter the brothel except as otherwise provided in the Ordinance without the permission of the Registrar General.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
APPENDIX.
Form A. residing at
hereby apply that the
I, the undersigned, premises No.
Street in and bearing the number be registered as a brothel for inmates under The Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, 1890, under the management of
as keeper.
And I, the undersigned,
the said premises, hereby consent to this application
residing at
(Signed), (Signed),
being the owner of
Owner.
NOTE. If the brothel is already registered, a list of the names of the inmates must be appended.
Form B.
I,
in for
Dated the
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hereby certify that the premises No.
Street bearing the number
have been this day registered by me as a brothel inmates under The Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, 1890.
day of
(Signed),
Registrar General.