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if the Magistrate is catisfied that the house or some portion thereof is noed in Me manner complained.
9. wary the texant, occupies, or keeper to discon trine such use git, and if such order is not complied with within such time the Magistrate may by his order fin, the Magistrate may impose upon ret tenant, occupier, or keeper
pune not exceeding popty dollars for every day that the house or any portion thereof shall be as used after the time fixed by the Magistrates order. This clause we give former to
brothel without assigning any
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A
Leason.
In the Stony Rony Oromance IX I should hoopose to make te following amendments :-
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Insert after Clause 14 a new
Jollows:-
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clanse,
Every person who being the
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or occupier of any premises having, or acting or assisting in management or control there of permits any person suffering from any contagious disease to be or remains mi
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such premises for
tution shall be guilty of
of pow
o prosti.
a misdemeanour
ressday
I think to banishment.
It will be unner
to and provisions because under Ordinance VIII 91882, 5.3 the Governor in Council has power to pro-
alien from residing within
hilt
auny
the story,
"
and it will be sufficient without- legislation to suggest to the fivernor that
in the case
a second
offence
brothel keepers convrited
he should exercise
this power of banishment.
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As regards the power of search
would insert in place pecction 30 g the Stong Kong Ordinance the porvisions
sectin
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section 12 of the Straits Ordinance XVII
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as amended in the manner I Love
suggested above.
with regard to the closing of brothels I would invest in the Hong Kong
Ordinance the proposed clause for
Straits, substituting the "Captains Superin- tendent of Police" General of Police.
Jor
Inspector
"
Ze
Registrer
and the
General" for the Protector of Chinece
You will remember that as gards the Native States hi Cecil Surth
suggested that we should wait to see
the result the
pre-
posed changes in the law of Hong Kong and the Straits before pompounding.
I have according.
any presh legislation.
by not dealt with this part of the
matter
Milox
HBC,.
March 29/99
Wo had better have in for consideration a clause punishing
a man who is feared
to have visited a brother. When suffering
from a contagious disease.
I wanted also
1. to ge
give
strengthen the
powers of the region Protection of Chinese
on the Landing
the women
Sir C. Smith & M. Johnson
Int
think
they are ample already and 2. To punish the landlord of
a
brothel which is convicted lender