ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1901.
Reformatory Schools.
22. The parent of any child who has been found under such circumstances or has committed such an offence as has rendered him, in the opinion of a Magistrate, liable to be dealt with under section 5 of this Ordinance, shall be liable to be prosecuted as for a criminal offence, and shall, if the Magistrate is satisfied that such child has rendered himself liable to be dealt with under the said section, either wholly or in part through the neglect of his parent, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and, in default of payment, to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding one month.
In case of any loss or damage to any person resulting from such action of the said child as shall have rendered him liable to be dealt with under the said section, the Magistrate may, in his discretion, further direct that the parent of such child shall pay in compensation for such loss or damage a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
Supplementary Provisions.
23. The Governor may, from time to time, appoint, with their consent, fit persons to constitute an Advisory Committee to the Superintendent for periods to be specified in such appointments. Members of the Advisory Committee shall, during the period for which they are appointed, from time to time, at frequent intervals, visit the reformatory schools and bring to the notice of the Superintendent anything which they consider deserving of comment, and shall generally assist the Superintendent with their advice on all matters connected with the schools. They shall also assist the Superintendent in finding suitable persons under whose charge to place those children whom it is desired to license to live out of school, or those placed by a Magistrate in charge of the Superintendent for the purpose of their being boarded out and shall help in exercising a constant supervision over such children.
24. Every officer of a school authorized by the Superintendent to take charge of any child ordered to be detained under this Ordinance, for the purpose of conveying him to or from the school, or of apprehending and bringing him back to the school, in case of his escape or refusal to return, shall for that purpose and while engaged in that duty have all the powers, protection, and privileges of a Police Constable.
25.-(1.) The production of a copy of the Government Gazette containing a notice of the setting apart of a site and buildings for the purpose of a school, or of any site and buildings having ceased to be a school, shall be sufficient evidence of a site and buildings having been duly set apart as a school or having so ceased, as the case may be.
(2.) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Superintendent or by the master or other person in charge of a school to the effect that the child therein named was duly received into and is, at the date of the signing thereof, detained in the school, or has been otherwise dealt with according to law, shall in all proceedings relating to the child be evidence of the matters therein stated.
(3.) A copy of rules purporting to be the rules of a school and to be signed by the Superintendent shall be evidence of the rules of the school.
(4.) A school to which any child is directed to be sent in pursuance of this Ordinance shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be a Reformatory School under this Ordinance.
26. The Superintendent may, subject to the approval of the Governor, make rules, consistent with this Ordinance, for the management and discipline of any school.
27.-(1) An order or other act of the Governor under this Ordinance may be signified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary.
(2.) Any notice may be served on the Superintendent by being delivered personally to him, or by being sent by post or otherwise in a letter addressed to him at his office.
28. The Governor may from time to time prescribe the forms to be used in cases under this Ordinance, and any form so prescribed may be used in the case to which it refers, with such variations as circumstances require, and when used shall be sufficient; but a summons, notice, or order, made for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance, shall not be invalid for want of form only.
29. Ordinances No. 19 of 1886 and No. 10 of 1889 are hereby repealed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 29th day of July, 1901.
R. F. JOHNSTON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 7th day of August, 1901.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
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