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is is in this Contry /
Similarly in Section 12 (2) the
words "of Part II" should be omitted
and after the word "ordinance" should
be inserted the words "or whether any
offence under this Ordinance is being
committed".
13.
I adhere to the opinion expressed
in the last paragraph of my despatch of
the 18th of February 1898, that the
Government should have power to close any
brothel without assigning a reason.
could
Such power should then be exercised in
closing brothels in undesirablėsituations,
or the keepers of which have in any way
offended against the law.
Por this pur-
pose the following clause should be in-
serted after section 17:-
"Upon complaint laid before a magistrate
by the Inspector General of Police or
by the Protector of Chinese that any
house