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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
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Hongkong,
27th September 1904,
Report on Ordinance No. 11 of 1904.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to amend the Protection of Women and
Girls Ordinance, 1897
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Governor's Instructions.
The object of this Ordinance is to enable the police
to deal more effectively with the evil of so-called "sly
brothels" by reviving the provisions of the Protection of
Women and Girls Ordinance, 1899, regarding penalties imposed
on brothel keepers. At present these persons, as their houses
are from time to time ordered to be closed by a Magistrate,
continue to remove, and so keep beyond the reach of any
penalty.