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Penalty for 43. Aay person who induces or assists any female child or inducing or assisting young person to escape from any custody or control lawfully imposed by or under this Ordinance or by any regulations made hereunder or who harbours any female child or young person so escaping shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty: a fine of on imposed by thousand dollars or imprisonment for six months,
escape from custody or control
or under
Ordinance,
Penalty for
44. Any person who without the authority of the Secretary communica for Chinese Affairs communicates with any female child or young ting with
person while detained in a place of refuge shall be guilty of an persona
offence: Penalty a fine of five hundred dollars or imprison- ment for three months.
detained
in a place of refuge.
Powers of search, etc., by Secretary for Chinese Affaire.
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45. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or any officer generally or specially authorized for that purpose in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, may enter, and for that purpose may use force if necessary, and may search, any vessel, house, building or other place for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is therein any female, young person or child who is or may be liable to be dealt with under the provisions of this Ordinance, or whether any offence under this Ordinance is being, or has been, committed, and may remove any such female or young person or child to a place of refuge to be there detained until his or her case be inquired into or until the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, as he is hereby empowered, removes any such female young person OT child to such other place of refuge as he may consider more appropriate.
(2) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer as aforesaid may, during or after any such search as is referred to in subsection (r), arrest or cause to be arrested any person reasonably suspected of being liable to prosecution for an offence against this Ordinance, and may seize and detain any articles. books, documents or accounts which he may have reason to believe to relate to any offence against this Ordinance.
(3) No person shall refuse the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer as aforesaid access to any such vessel, house, building or other place, or otherwise obstruct or hinder him in effecting an entrance, or in removing such female, young person or child or in seizing and detaining such articles, books, doçu ments or accounts,
(4) (a) In carrying out any search under the provisions of this section the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer as aforesaid shall have power to put questions and
to give any such order or direction as may be necessary to the inmates of any vessel, house, building or other place for the purpose of carrying out such search. (6) The inmates of any vessel, house, building or other place shall answer truthfully all questions put to them by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or such officer as aforesaid, and shall obey any order or direction given by him touch- ing any matter or any person connected with such search. (c) No person shall by force, restraint, threats, inducement or other means cause any female, young person or child who is or may be liable to be dealt with under the pro- visions of this Ordinance to conceal herself or himself in or to leave any vessel, house, building or other place being searched or about to be searched by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer as aforesaid under the provisions of this section, with the intent that the search of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer may thereby be evaded or obstructed.
of this section shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty: & fine of (5) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions
two thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
for
Adaira
46. (1) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs may from time to Powers of him to exercise the powers vested in him by this Ordinance or by Chinese time hold any such inquiry as he may consider necessary to enable Secretary
any regulations and by notice in writing under his hand may to require require any person to attend such inquiry and to give evidence.
(2) Any person who--
(e) on service of such notice, does not appear at the time
and place therein mentioned; or
(b) fails without lawful excuse to produce all documents in his custody, possession or power, or to answer truthfully all questions which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may put to him, relating to the matter under inquiry; or (c) having any female, young person or child in his custody or control and being required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to produce her or him, without lawful excuse refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement, dollars and imprisonment for three months. shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty: a fine of five hundred
persona to attend inquiry.
BUMNINOFIS,
47. All summonses. notices and other documents required Service of to be served or given under this Ordinance shall be deemed validly notice, etc. and sufficiently served or given to or left with the person intended to be served or to whom the notice is intended to be given or, if