sexual intercourse
with
any
girl,
not excepting a wife, under the age of
ten
years,
whereas
in s. 42 Hongkong
Dist. no. 4 of 1865 the
Crime
Rape is
left undefined.
2.
Carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of ten
is felony punishable
under the Hongkong law
by
penal servitude for life.
Slavery was abolished in Labuan ordinances. Governor & Legislature then enacted at my suggestion
the
amending ordinance referred to
by
To which
is
the same
Dinas Clmier
be introduced amending
the section in question of the Legislatve Penal Code
by altering the age from
ten to twelve.
and I am about to make
a similar suggestion to the Govt. of the Straits Settlements.
I request you
to
report
to me whether
the law of Hongkong
should not be amended
to make
sexual
intercourse with any girl
(including a wife)
under
twelve
a felony punishable in the
same