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Effect of Order of Imprisonment for absence, &c. from Examination.
Effect of Order of Imprisonment for
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1867.
LII. If any woman is convicted of and Imprisoned for the offence of absenting herself or of refusing or neglecting to submit herself to Examination as aforesaid the Order subjecting her to periodical Medical Examination shall be in force after and notwithstanding her Imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed under this Ordinance at the time of her discharge from Imprisonment certifies in writing to the Effect that she is then free from a Contagious Disease (the Proof of which Certificate shall lie on her) and in that case the Order subjecting her to periodical Medical Examination shall on her Discharge from Imprisonment cease to operate.
LIII. If any woman is convicted of and Imprisoned for the Offence of Quitting quitting Hospital, &c. a Hospital without being discharged or of refusing or neglecting while in a Hospital to conform to the Regulations thereof as aforesaid the Certificate of the Visiting Surgeon under which she was detained in the Hospital shall continue in force and on the expiration of her term of Imprisonment she shall be sent back from the Prison to that Hospital and shall (notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance) be detained there under that Certificate as if it were given on the day of the expiration of her term of Imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed under this Ordinance at the time of her Discharge from Imprisonment certifies in writing to the Effect that she is then free from a Contagious Disease (the Proof of which Certificate shall lie on her) and in that case the Certificate under which she was detained and the Order subjecting her to periodical Medical Examination shall on her Discharge from Imprisonment cease to operate.
Penalty on Woman discharged uncured
a Prostitute.
LIV. If on any woman leaving a Hospital a Notice is given to her by the conducting herself as Visiting Surgeon to the Effect that she may be still affected with a Contagious Disease and she is afterwards in any place for the purpose of Prostitution without having previously received from one of the Visiting Surgeons appointed under this Ordinance a Certificate in writing (Proof of which Certificate shall lie on her) to the Effect that she is then free from a Contagious Disease she shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and on summary conviction before the Registrar General shall be liable to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor in the case of a first offence for any term not exceeding One Month and in the case of a second or any subsequent offence for any term not exceeding Three Months.
Order to operate
whenever from time
not for more than One Year.
Duration of Order.
LV. Every Order under this Ordinance subjecting a woman to periodical to time the woman is Medical Examination shall be in operation and enforceable in manner in this Ordinance within the Colony but provided so long as and whenever from time to time the woman to whom it relates is within the Colony but not in any case for a longer Period than One Year and where the Visiting Surgeon on the Discharge by him of any woman from the Hospital certifies that she is free from a Contagious Disease (Proof of which Certificate shall lie on her) the Order subjecting her to periodical Medical Examination shall thereupon cease to operate.
Application for Relief from Examination.
Order for Relief from Examination on Discontinuance of Prostitution.
Forfeiture of
Recognizance by
Relief for Examination.
LVI. If any woman subjected to a periodical Medical Examination under this Ordinance (either on her own submission or under the Order of the Registrar Gene- ral) desiring to be relieved therefrom and not being under detention in a Hospital makes application in writing in that behalf to the Registrar General he shall appoint by notice in writing a time and place for the hearing of the application and shall cause the notice to be delivered to the applicant and a copy of the application and of the notice to be delivered to the Superintendent of Police.
LVII. If on the hearing of the application it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar General that the applicant has ceased to be a common Prostitute or if the applicant with the approval of the Registrar General enters into a Recognizance with or without Sureties as to the Registrar General seems meet for her good Behaviour during Three Months thereafter the Registrar General shall order that she be relieved from periodical Medical Examination.
LVIII. Every such Recognizance shall be deemed to be forfeited if at any time Return to Prostitution, during the term for which it is entered into the woman to whom it relates is in any public thoroughfare Street or Place for the purpose of Prostitution or otherwise conducts herself as a common Prostitute.