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Receiving, detaining

OT

harbouring females

young

persona or child

brought into

the Colony

by force,

etc.

a prostitute in such a manner as to show that he is aiding, abet- ting or compelling her prostitution with any other person or generally, he shall, unless he can satisfy the court or the magis- trate to the contrary, be deemed to be knowingly living on the earnings of prostitution.

(4) Any 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 with any person, or generally, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty: imprison- ment for one year.

18. (1) Any person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who without lawful authority or excuse—

(a) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any female or any young person or child who has been brought into or is about to be taken away from the Colony by force, intimidation or fraud; or

(b) receives, harbours, detaing or has under his control any unmarried female infant or any young person or child without the consent of the person having the lawful care or charge of such infant or young person or child.

(2) Where any person charged under paragraph (b) of, subsection (1) is proved to have received, harboured, detained or had under his control any female who appears to the magistrate to be under the age of twenty-one years, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed-

(a) that the female was an unmarried female infant at the

date of the alleged offence; and

(b) that the accused received, harboured or detained her, or had her under his control without the consent of the person having the lawful care or charge of her.

(3) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted without the consent of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

(4) No person charged under this section shall be entitled to be acquitted on the ground that such person brought the female or young person or child into the Colony, or on the ground that such person took the female or young person or child, or caused him or her to be taken, out of the possession of the person having the lawful care or charge of her.

Receiving

detaining

19. Any person who- (a) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any OT girl under the age of sixteen years, knowing that she has or been procured for the purpose of having unlawful carnal harbouring

girls connexion with any other person, and with intent to aid procured or such purpose; or

females sold for

(b) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any pros

female, knowing that she has been sold, pledged, let out titution. to hire, purchased or otherwise disposed of either within or without the Colony for the purpose of prostitution, and with intent to aid such purpose; or

(c) receives, harbours, detains or has under his control any female with intent that she shall be sold, pledged, let our to hire, purchased, taken in pledge, taken on hire or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

young

20. Any person

who by force, intimidation or any Decoying fraudulent means brings, takes, decoys or entices any female, females young person or child into or away from the Colony for the persons or purpose of emigration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

children for emigration.

21. (0) Any person who commits the crime of rape shall Rape. be guilty of felony: Penalty: imprisonment for life.

(2) Any man who induces a married woman Lo permit him to have carnal connexion with her by personating her hus band shall be deemed guilty of rape.

24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, B. 48.

48 & 49 Viet,

c. 69, s. 4.

c. 69, s. 9.

(3) If upon the trial of any indictment, or the hearing 48 & 49 of any information or charge, for rape or for any offence made Vict felony in section 6 the jury or the magistrate, as the case may be, is satisfied that the defendant is guilty of an offence under section 5, 6, 9 or to or of an indecent assault, but is not satisfied that the defendant is guilty of the felony charged in such in- dictment, information or charge, or of an attempt to commit the same, then and in every such case the jury or the magistrate, as the case may be, may acquit the defendant of such felony and find him guilty of an offence as aforesaid, or of an indecent as- sault, and thereupon such defendant shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment, information or charge for such offence as afore- said, or for an indecent assault.