THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH JULY, 1867.
between Sections XX and XXIV both inclusive, to appeal therefrom to the Two Magistrates the Decision of whom when sitting together shall be final and con- clusive; 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 who may take such further Evidence as they shall think fit.
Licensed Brothels.
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VII. The Registrar General may grant to any Person whom he shall think fit a Registrar General License to keep a Brothel in such District or other locality as the Governor in Council may grant Brothel may from time to time appoint.
Licenses.
VIII. No Licensed Brothel shall be kept in any House in which any Trade or No Licensed Brothel 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.
to be kept in a House, &c., where any Trade is carried on.
Cancellation or Sus- pension of License.
IX. The Registrar General may at any time cancel or suspend a License. X. A Register of Licensed Brothels shall be kept in the Office of the Registrar A Register of Licensed General who shall cause to be entered therein:-
(1.) The name and address of every Keeper of a Licensed Brothel.
(2.) The address of every House whereof the whole or any part shall be occupied or used as a License Brothel.
(3.) The name and address of the Householder of every such House or of
the tenant of every part of such House.
(4.) Any other particulars which the Registrar General may from time to time deem expedient to be entered in the said Register subject nevertheless to such Regulations as the Governor in Council may make.
Brotbels to he kept.
to furnish to the
XI. Every Keeper of a Licensed Brothel shall cause a List of the names and ages Keeper of Licensed of the Inmates thereof in the English language and also in such other language as the Brothel to exhibit and Registrar General may direct to be affixed in some conspicuous place in such Brothel Registrar General a and shall cause the said List to be altered from time to time as occasion may require and shall furnish the Registrar General with a copy of such List and of all alterations made therein.
List of Inmates.
Person being infected
XII. If any Person shall to the satisfaction of the Registrar General be proved to Penalty in case of any have been infected with a Contagious Disease, in any Licensed Brothel the Keeper in a Licensed Brothel. thereof shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding $200 and the Inmate thereof who shall have infected such Person as aforesaid shall be liable to Imprisonment for any Term not exceeding Six Months.
Inmate of a Licensed
XIII. If any Person shall to the satisfaction of the Registrar General be proved Penalty in case of a to have infected with a Contagious Disease the Inmate of any Licensed Brothel such Person infecting any Person shall be liable to a Fine not exceeding $200 or to Imprisonment for any Term Brothel. not exceeding Six Months.
age of 15 to be in a
XIV. If any Child being in the opinion of the Registrar General above Eight and Penalty for allowing under Fifteen Years of age be found in any Licensed Brothel the Keeper thereof shall be any Child under the liable to a Fine not exceeding $100 or to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor Licensed Brothel. for
any Terin not exceeding One Month for the first Offence, Three Months for the second Offence, and Six Months for the third or any subsequent Offence.
XV. Every Licensed Brothel shall be liable to be inspected at all times by the Inspection of Licensed Registrar General, the Inspector of Hospitals, the Visiting Surgeons, the Superintendent Brothels. of Police, and any Person who may be deputed by them respectively for the purpose of such inspection, and every Keeper of such Brothel and every other Person whomsoever who shall offer any obstacle or resistance to such inspection shall be liable to Imprison- ment with or without Hard Labor for any Term not exceeding Six Months or to a Fine not exceeding $200.