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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21st JUNE, 1890.
Powers of
Registrar
General,
(see [bil, s. 14.)
Enquiry and order for photograph and security.
Removal of women or girl to place of safety in default of photograph
and security.
Order for removal to place of safety after inquiry" where entisfied that girl under 16 is being used for immoral purposes.
Place of
safety. (Ord. No. 18 of 1899, 8. 34.)
Rules for women and girls in Asylum. (See Ibid. A. 75.)
male, be once privately whipped, subject to the provisions contained in sections 3 and 4 of Ordinance No. 16 of 1887, and all the provisions of section xery of Ordinance No. 7 of 1885, relating to the form of information for a subsequent offence and proceedings thereon, shall apply to offences punishable under this Ordinance.
PART II.
Powers of Registrar General.
14. Whenever the Registrar General shall have reason to believe
(1.) That any woman or girl has been brought into the Colony either after having been purchased or by fraud, mis-representation or any false pretence,—
(a.) for immoral purposes, or
(b) for purposes of emigration,
(2.) That any woman or girl has been purchased in the Colony with a view of being trained or disposed of as a prostitute, or is being detained against her will
(a.) for immoral purposes, or
(6.) for purposes of emigration,
(3.) That any woman or girl from fear ignorance or any other cause is unwilling or unable to disclose the true cir- cumstances of the ease he may inquire into the case and may require any person in whose custody or under whose control she appears to be to furnish a photograph of such woman or girl and security in a reasonable amount to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that such woman or girl shall not leave the Colony without the previous consent in writing of the Registrar General and that she shall be produced before the Registrar General whenever he re- quires it.
15. In default of such security being furnished the Re- gistrar General may by warrant under his band and seal order that such woman or girl be removed to a place of safety where she shall remain until she can be returned to the place whence she was brought or otherwise proper pro- vision can be made for the protection of her interests and liberty.
The security to be furnished under this section shall be a personal bond, with one or more sureties in the form specified in the Schedule B appended hereto, or in such other form as is for the time being prescribed by the Governor in Council.
16. (1.) The Registrar General if after due enquiry he is satisfied that any girl is being used for immoral purposes or is being trained for such purposes and that such girl is under the age of sixteen years may by warrant under his hand and seal order such girl to be removed to a place of safety where she shall remain until further order or until she attains the age of nineteen years or marries or is adopted, whichever first happens.
(2.) A girl found living in or frequenting a brothel shall be deemed to be a girl who is being trained for immoral purposes.
17. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council out of moneys to be provided by the Legislative Council for that purpose to provide a suitable building or buildings for the purposes of temporarily housing and maintaining women and girls detained under the provisions of this part of the Ordinance and as the Asylum for them during such deten- tion.
18. (1.) Every woman or girl residing in the Asylum shall be subject to such rules and regulations as may be made by the Governor in Council, and every woman or girl who contrary to such rules and regulations leaves any place in which she is residing may be arrested and taken back to such place by any Police Officer or by any Officer appointed under this Ordinance and specially authorised by the Re- gistrar General in writing in that behalf.
(2.) Any person who induces or assists any woman or girl so detained as aforesaid to leave contrary to such rules and regulations as aforesaid the place in which she is resid- ing or knowingly harbours any such woman or girl shall upon conviction before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not ex- reeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without bard labour net execeding three months.