omitted from 0.7%
this Bill.
(3) Part III as to Registered & Unregistered Brothels is taken from
the old Ord. of 1867 (4.42fc of H. 6.-2475-1880
218676. and though the word Licensed &
Unlicensed
are
altered to Registered
& Unregistered, the provisions really hardly altered at all - and the licensing is really retained under
another name.
And this goes a
great deal beyond the general principles
laid down in part 7 of despatch of Jul 1887 (p. 54gH634
Under the Straits Ord. any
brothel
may get itself Registered (subject to its obeying the Regulations under the Ord.) Except within prescribed
area
but this Hongkong Bill s.27(3) gives
power to refuse to register & s.28(1) speaks distinctly
of the Registrar General having power to refuse registration & 1.360 speaks.hintly
of Licensing pure & simple.
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Again this Bill does not restrict
Part III to brothels occupied by Asiatic women
as the S. of State
directed.
1
ss. 38-45 as to proceedings against Unregistered Brothels should be I think
wholly omitted, & replaced by
as in s. 10/2 the Straits Ords which
such simple provisions
and 12/2) of the
provide for penalties against keepers of unregistered brothels, and give power
Where?
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1.54
to enter
any place reasonably suspected
of being a
brothel.
In that case 0.4
0.47.
would also
require to be amended into the form
of 10(3) of the Straits Ord. ...
Ilan
500
Hongkong people must be made to
understand that not merely
unregistered brothels but also registered brothels may be proceeded against, if they become
a
nuisance
n
latter.
to any
I that there
Nam
for shield protecting
(4) I doubt the necessity of Part II at all. The Lock Hospital like the other Hospitals will be provided for by annual Estimates & requires
If however
special Ordinance clauses are
to be retained,
I should like to correct their
phraseology in several points. contain no provision, as (5) 01.56-7 in Straits Ord, for Regulations being laid on table of Leg. Council, for that body to disapprove them if it thinks fit. (6) The Schedule & to Ordinance
B
does not repeal the whole Contagious Diseases Ord. 1867,
the
as we
4.6.347. 1889 proposed in par. 10 of despatch of Jul 1887
but retains ss. 30-33. I think they should have been repealed & reenacted, if required. They will