Enclosure No. 2.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong 9th December, 193 2.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No
43
of 193 2.
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to mend 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 substituted sub-section (2) of section 13 of the
principal Ordinance raises the maximum fines from $100, $200
and $500 to $250, $500 and $1,000 respectively.
2.
3.
The effect of the substituted sub-section (1) of
section 17 of the principal Ordinance is to substitute the
words "solicits for immoral purposes" for the words "in any
public place persistently solicits or importunes for
immoral purposes" and to raise the penalty from three months
to six months. The words "in any public place per sistently
solicits or importunes" came from section 1 of the Vagrancy
Act, 1898, (61 & 62 Vict. c. 39); but they appear to afford
an unnecessary degree of protection to a type of pest which
has recently increased.
4. The substituted sub-section (3) of section 21 adds the
words "or the hearing of any information or charge" after