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Council went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause. No amendment was made in Committee, and upon Council resuming,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the third reading.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read
a third time and passed.
PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE, 1929.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the second reading of the Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897."
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was read a second time.
Council went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by clause. No amendment was made in Committee, and upon Council resuming,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the third reading.
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded and the Bill was read a third time and passed.
DOMESTIC SERVICE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, 1929,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the second reading of the Bill intituled "An Ordinance to amend the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923.”
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was read a second time.
Council went into Committee to consider the Bill clause by
clause.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL-In clause 2 I have to move as an amendment the insertion after the word "bring" in the first line of the proposed new section 4A, the words "or cause to be brought." The first line of the new section will then be, "No person will hereafter bring or cause to be brought any unregistered mui tsai into the Colony." It is possible that the person bringing the girl in might not bring her in himself but might cause her to be brought in by someone else.
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