BOYCOTT PREVENTION.
No. 41 of 1912.
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the purpose of this section the expressions "state of boycotting" and "condition of boycotting" shall mean any such state or condition of affairs as may in the opinion of the Governor-in-Council be regarded as a state of boycotting or condition of boycotting.
No. 42 of 1912.
To provide punishment for certain persons found guilty of adultery or of harbouring Chinese Married Women.
[20th December, 1912.]
Short title.
1. The Chinese Marriage Preservation Ordinance, 1912.
2. In this Ordinance :—
"Woman being married according to the laws and customs of China means and includes only the first wife ("Tsip Fat") or the second wife ("Tsing Fong") of any Chinese man.
Definition of "woman."
3. (a) Any Chinese person who shall have committed adultery with any Chinese woman, such woman being married according to the laws or customs of China, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any period not exceeding 6 months.
(b) Any Chinese woman married according to the laws or customs of China who voluntarily commits adultery with any Chinese person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any period not exceeding 6 months.
Penalty for adultery by Chinese married woman.
(c) No proceedings shall be capable of being instituted under the provisions of this section except at the instance of the husband of the woman who has committed adultery.
Husband only to have power to institute proceedings.
4. Any person who without reasonable excuse shall receive or harbour any Chinese woman married according to the laws or customs of China who has left the protection of her husband shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars or in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any period not exceeding 3 months.
Penalty for harbouring Chinese married woman without reasonable excuse.
* As amended by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.