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(ii) If a male person is proved to live with or to be habitually in the company of a prostitute, or is proved to have exer- cised control, direction or influence over the movements of a prostitute in such a manner as to show that he is aiding, abetting, or compelling her prostitution, he shall, unless he can satisfy the court to the contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution. (1898, Section 1 (3) amended by 1912, Section 7 (1).).
(iii) Every female who is proved to have, for the purposes of gain, exercised control, direction or influence over the move- ments of a prostitute, in such a manner as to show that she is aiding, abetting or compelling her prostitution. shall be deemed to be a rogue and vagabond within the meaning of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, and may be dealt with accordingly. (1912, Section 7 (4).)
(iv) The period of imprisonment which may be awarded by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction under the foregoing pro- visions is six months, but such an offender can no longer be committed to Quarter Sessions as an incorrigible rogue under the Vagrancy Act, 1824. (1912, Section 7 (2).) Under this section a defendant is not entitled to claim a trial on indictment under Section 17 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879, but the court may, instead of dealing with him as a rogue and vagabond, commit the case for trial at Quarter Sessions or Assizes.
(v) A person charged with an offence under the foregoing pro- visions and committed for trial on indictment, is on con- viction liable to imprisonment for two years, and, on a second or subsequent conviction, may also (if a male) be sentenced to corporal punishment. (1912, Section 7 (5).)
(vi) The wife or husband of a person charged with an offence under the foregoing provisions may be called as a witness either for the prosecution or defence and without the consent of the person charged. (1912, Section 7 (6).)
(vii) If it is made to appear to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction by information on oath that there is reason to suspect that any house or any part of a house is used by a female for purposes of prostitution, and that any male person residing in or frequenting the house is living wholly or in part on the earnings of the prostitute, the court may issue a warrant authorising any constable to enter and search the house and to arrest that male person. (1898, Section 1 (2).)
(viii) The powers of arrest given under Section 6 of the Vagrancy Act, 1824, apply to all offenders under the above pro-
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Red Cross, Use of the.
35. The unauthorised use of the Red Cross emblem or of the words "Red Cross " or "Geneva Cross" in time of peace or war constitutes an offence against the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (1 and 2 Geo. v. cap. 20).
36. The Red Cross may properly be used (a) by regular medical units of H.M. Forces and (b) in accordance with an authority granted by the Army Council.
37. The only voluntary organisations which have been authorised by the Army Council to use the emblem are the British Red Cross Society, the St. John's Ambulance Association, and the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association, and these organisations are only authorised to use it as follows :—
(i) On buildings exclusively used for the accommodation of sick and wounded soldiers subject to permission being obtained from the military authorities.
(ii) On the uniform worn by the personnel, and on the badges which are issued to members of the Societies for proficiency in nursing, first aid, etc., and on the official notepaper of and other official documents issued by the Societies or their affiliated subordinate branches.
(iii) On placards or notices advertising entertainments arranged
for the purpose of raising funds, provided:
(a) That the whole of the profits go to the Society
concerned;
(b) That any such notices clearly show on the face that they are issued by or on behalf of the Society: (c) That when such placards are affixed to buildings, the emblem is not of greater dimensions than 6 inches. (iv) On ambulance vehicles which are intended solely for the conveyance of sick or wounded sailors, soldiers and airmen or on waggons used exclusively for the conveyance of Red Cross stores.
(v) On packages of medical stores or material destined solely for the use of sick and wounded sailors, soldiers and airmen.
38. The only exception to the general prohibition of the use of the Red Cross for purposes of trade is in respect of toys; no objection should be taken to the emblem on toys provided that it does not exceed one-quarter of an inch in size and that neither the emblem nor the words" Red Cross are used for advertising such toys.
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39. It is important that the law regulating the use of the Red Cross should be strictly enforced in view of the fact that H.M. Government is an adherent to the Geneva Convention, 1906, in consequence of which the Geneva Convention Act, 1911, was passed. Inquiry should be made by the Police into any suspected infringement of the Act. Usually a warning will in the first instance be sufficient; but if the warning is disregarded, proceedings should be taken, for the institution
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