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No. 42 of 1912.
CHINESE MARRIAGE PRESERVATION.
No. 41 of 1912, repealed by Law Revision Ordinance, 1939.
[Originally No. 42 of 1912, Law Rev. Ord., 1939.]
Short title.
Interpretation.
Power to award compensation to husband for adultery with or harbouring Chinese married woman.
No. 42 of 1912.
An Ordinance to provide a remedy against certain persons who commit adultery with or harbour Chinese married women.
[20th December, 1912.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Chinese Marriage Preservation Ordinance, 1912.
2. In this Ordinance-
(1) "Chinese married woman" means a woman married according to the laws or customs of China, and includes only the first wife (kit fat) or the second wife (tsip fong) of any Chinese man;
(2) a person who receives or harbours a Chinese married woman who has left her husband because of his cruelty to her or because of his failure properly to maintain her shall not be deemed to have received or harboured her without reasonable excuse.
3.-(1) If it is proved to the satisfaction of a magistrate that any Chinese person has committed adultery with a Chinese married woman, the magistrate may order such person to pay to the husband of the woman compensation not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(2) If it is proved to the satisfaction of a magistrate that any person has without reasonable excuse received or harboured a Chinese married woman who has left the protection of her husband, the magistrate may order such person to pay to the husband of the woman compensation not exceeding two hundred dollars.
* The provisions of this Ordinance, which are set out in full in the Schedule to, and re-enacted by, the Law Revision Ordinance, 1939, have been rearranged and certain provisions omitted.