The wrongful doings of his Chinese tenant or their sub-tenants, of which he had no knowledge, the owner sometimes being only at Riplet. To have the directors or secretary of a large company, such as the Land Investment Company, brought before a Magistrate for not registering a brothel, of the existence of which they would, even if they were perfectly ignorant, were interpretations.
Registers to be kept. Register of Brothels, acquitted on the ground of want of knowledge, not recommend itself to public opinion in this Colony. The feat of the Attorney General would be if upon he found that the owner might reasonably have been supposed to know of the existence of the unregistered brothel, especially where previous notice thereof had been given by the Registrar General or the Police. The imposition on property owners of a responsibility such as that contained in the draft sent out was vehemently opposed by unofficial members of Council, and by public opinion as far as I could ascertain.
The suspending clause will prevent the coming into operation of the Ordinance until the prior approval of the Secretary of State after consideration of the modifications which have been made.
Mileith Mordenan
Allomney Gennal
July 29 1890
Page 17273
Register of Inmates of Brothels,
Applications for registration is de.
Certificate of registration.
Enclosure 3.
HONGKONG.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Made by His Excellency The Governor in Council under Section of "The Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance, 1890,"
1. Words in these Rules and Regulations shall have the meanings assigned to them by section two of the above-mentioned Ordinance (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance").
2. The following Registers shall be kept at the Office of the Registrar General.
(1) A Register of Brothels.
(2.) A Register of Inmates of Brothels.
3. The Register of Brothels shall contain the following particulars:-
(a.) The distinguishing number of the brothel.
(b.) The situation of the brothel and its description by reference to the street, the municipal number of the premises, and other like particulars.
(c.) Name and address of the owner.
(d) Name of the keeper.
(e) Number of inmates for which it is certified.
(f) Any other particulars which the Registrar General may think fit to record.
The Register of Inmates of Brothels (hereinafter called "The Register of Inmates") shall contain the following particulars:-
(1.) The registered number of each brothel.
(2.) With respect to each inmate,-
(a.) Her name.
(b.) Her nationality, and in the case of Chinese the district in China to which she belongs.
(c.) Her age.
(d) The date of her arrival in the Colony.
(e) Any other particulars respecting her which the Registrar General may think fit to record.
5. (1) Applications for the entry of a house upon the Register of Brothels shall be made in writing in the Form 4 in the Appendix. Every such application shall state the particulars B, C and D for entry on the Register, and the number of inmates by whom the brothel is intended to be used. It shall be accompanied by the written consent to the application of the owner of the premises.
(2.) On the receipt of such application, the Registrar General shall forward it to the Medical Officer appointed in that behalf by the Governor, for the purpose of obtaining his report on the sanitary condition of the premises and their structural suitability for the residence of the proposed number of inmates.
(3.) The Medical Officer shall forthwith, on the receipt of the application, inspect the premises, and report to the Registrar General whether they are or are not in a satisfactory sanitary condition and fit for the residence of the proposed number of inmates.
(4.) Where the premises are already registered as a brothel under Ordinance No. of 18 the application shall be accompanied by a list of the names of the inmates.
6. (1.) If the Medical Officer certifies that he has inspected the premises and is satisfied with their sanitary condition, and that they are fit for the residence of the proposed number of inmates, and if the premises are not situate in a locality where brothels have been declared by the Governor to be unlawful, the Registrar General shall enter the required particulars in the Register of Brothels, and shall deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration in the Form B in the Appendix.
(2.) Provided that no part of a house shall be registered as a brothel, nor any house where any trade or business is carried on, nor any house communicating by any passage, door, or otherwise with any house or room in which any trade or business is carried on (Sec. 20 of Ord. 19 of 1889), and provided also that the Registrar General may at any time refuse to register and may at any time cancel or suspend the registration of a brothel (Sec. 27, sub-sec. 3 of Ord. 19 of 1889,) (vide 1889 Report of Protector at Singapore).
7. Every keeper of a registered brothel shall enter into a bond in such a sum and with such securities as the Registrar General shall think fit for the due observance by such keeper of all the requirements of this Ordinance or of any rules and regulations which shall be made thereunder. The Registrar General may at any time require the said keeper to renew any of the sureties to the said bond (Sec. 28 of Ord. 19 of 1889).
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