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It is requested that in any further communication.
on this subject the under-mentioned letter and number may be quoted, and the reply addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office,
J. & P. 169
Gov 12527/98
Whitehall,
S.W.
C.0
Sir
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2147.94
India Office,
15
Whitehall, S. W.
am desired by the Barl of Kino as
has been fired necessary to refor te
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India for he information requested in your
25thaltime, on the subject of the regulations in fore:
Rangoon or other parts of Burma with regard to broth..
So far as can be ascertained in this Office the
no special laws or regulations connected with this met
applicable to any other part of India than the three
The Police of the City of Bombay a Presidency Towns.
governed by Act XLVIII of 1860, which contains the set
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the
ec 14.On proof to the satifaction of the Commr.of Polige or af
agistra elhat a house is used as a common brothel, or lodging house for prostitutes or disorderly persons of any description, to the annoyance of the respectable inhabitants of the vicinity, such Commr. or Magistrate may summon the owner and thi or tenant of the house to answer the complaint, and on being satisfied that the house is so used and is therefore a source of annoyance and offence to the neighbours, may order the owner or tenant to discontinue such use of it, and if he shal! fail to comply with such order within 5 days, may impose upon him a fine to the extent of 25 Rs. for every day thereafter that the house shall be so used.
provixion
has bee
ru-ena
for
Calcutta by Bengal Act IV of 1866, Section 43, and for
Madras in nearly the same words by Madras Act III of IKUL
Section 52. In the absence of any special law the
authorities in Burma could only rely on the general
provisions of the Indian Penal Code regarding kidnapp
*
and abduction (see especially sections 361,362,365,366, 364 372 and 373) and on the ordinary powers of the Police anđ Magistracy to interfere for the prevention of offences
the punishment of offenders.
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office. Y25195. 4 rms.--11/93. 1. 2316.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Horan Walpole.