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Short Title.
Interpretation of Terms.
Commencement of Ordinance.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 12 of 1857.
Power of Registrar General.
Power of appeal to
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1867.
Preliminary.
I. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Contagious Diseases Ordinance 1867."
II. In this Ordinance:-
The Expression "Contagious Disease" means Venereal Disease including Gonorrhea.
The Word "District" means a District of the City of Victoria as defined by "The Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866."
The Expression "Superintendent of Police" means the Captain Superintendent of Police appointed under Ordinance No. 9 of 1862.
The Words "Householder" and " Agent" mean a Householder and his accredited Agent as defined by "The Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866.”·
The Expression "Keeper of a Licensed Brothel" means the Registered Keeper thereof and any Person appointed by such Keeper in his or her stead during absence, and includes the Owner of such Brothel.
The Expression "Keeper of an Unlicensed Brothel" includes any Owner or Proprietor of such Brothel and the Tenant of the House or part of the House as the case may be wherein the same shall be kept.
The Expression "Inmate of a Licensed Brothel" means any female residing in such Brothel.
III. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such Day as shall hereafter be fixed by Proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
IV. Ordinance No. 12 of 1857 is hereby repealed but such repeal shall not affect the Validity or Invalidity of anything done or suffered before the commencement of this Ordinance and shall not apply to or in respect of any offence, act or thing committed or done or omitted before the commencement of this Ordinance and every such Offence, act or thing shall after and notwithstanding the commencement of this Ördinance have the same consequences and effect in all respects as if this Ordinance had not been passed.
Registrar General.
V. For the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance the Registrar General shall have full power to do in addition to the other duties imposed upon hin hereby whatever a Police Magistrate is by any Ordinance of this Colony au-
thorized to do.
VI. It shall be lawful for any Person aggrieved or affected by any Order, Decision, the two Magistrates, or Proceeding of the Registrar General within the meaning of this Ordinance other than and except such proceedings as are authorized by so much thereof as is contained between Sections
and
both inclusive, to appeal therefrom to the two Police Magistrates the Decision of whom when sitting together shall be final and conclusive. Provided always that no such appeal shall lie unless within Three clear Days after the determination by the Registrar General of any matter in respect of which an appeal is hereby allowed application shall have been made to him to state and sign a case setting forth the facts of the matter and the ground of his determination; and upon every such appeal the Registrar General shall transmit the Depositions or Minutes of Evidence taken by him to the two Magistrates of Police who may take such further Evidence as they shall think fit.
Registrar General
may grant Brothel Licenses.
No Licensed Brothel
Licensed Brothels.
VII. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General to grant to any Person a License to keep a Brothel in such District or other locality as the Governor in Council may from time to time appoint for any period specified in such License, and subject to the Provisions of this Ordinance.
VIII. No Licensed Brothel shall be kept in any House in which any Trade or to be kept in a House, Business is carried on nor in any House Communicating by any Passage Door or other-
wise with any House or Room in which any Trade or Business is carried on.
&c., where any Trade
is carried on.
Cancellation or Sus- pension of License.
IX. The Registrar General may at any time cancel or suspend any License granted in respect of any Brothel.