APPENDIX VIII
PROSECUTIONS undertaken on behalf of the Child Welfare Section of the Social Welfare Office during 1954/55 under Offences against the Person Ord. Cap. 212 and the Protection of Women & Juveniles Ordinance No. 1 of 1951.
Details of Prosecutions
Offences against the Persons Ord. Cap. 212
(a) General
Number of cases
Number of charges
Number of defendants
Number of children involved
(b) Charges
Ill-treating or assaulting a child Neglect of a child
Common assault...
(c) Results
Defendants imprisoned
Defendants fined
Defendants bound over.
Defendants discharge
(d) The Children
Number placed in Po Leung Kuk
Number sent to other Homes
Number restored to parents or guardians
Offences against the Protection of
Women & Juveniles Ordinance No. 1 of 1951
(a) General
Number of cases.
Number of charges.
Number of defendants
Number of juveniles and female victims involved..
(b) Results
Defendants imprisoned
Defendants fined
Defendants fined and bound over
(c) Women and Juveniles involved
Number placed in the Po Leung Kuk.....
Number released or restored to parents or guardians
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3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
NGN N
4
2
1
1
2
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