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Outdoor and Harbour Prostitution.
28. Every woman who shall be found in any street, road, matshed, or other place within the Colony for the purposes of prostitution shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or without hard labour.
29. Every woman who shall be found on board of any junk, boat, sampan, or craft of any kind or description within the waters of the Colony, for the purposes of prosti- tution shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or without hard labour.
30. Every person apparently in charge of any junk' boat, sampan, or craft when any woman shall be found therein for the purposes of prostitution shall be liable to the same penalties as in the last preceding section mentioned, and in addition thereto such junk, boat, sampan or craft, may on proof of any woman having been found therein for the purposes aforesaid be forfeited to the Crown.
31. Every woman who is found on board any vessel of foreign build in the waters of the Colony for the purpose of prostitution shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or without hard labour.
32. It shall be lawful for any Constable belonging to the Police Force to take into custody without warrant any person in any manner offending against the above men- tioned four sections, and to seize, detain and take possession of any junk, boat, sampan, or craft referred to in sections 29 and 30, in which any woman shall be found for the pur- poses aforesaid,
Inspector of Hospitals and Surgeons.
Until the Governor
33. An Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons shall be appointed whose respective duties shall from time to time be defined by the Governor, shall otherwise direct and during any vacancy the Colonial Surgeon shall be Inspector of Hospitals. Ariat
Hospitals.
34. The Governor may from time to time provide any buildings or parts of buildings as Hospitals for the purposes of this Ordinance and the fact of such buildings or parts of buildings being so provided shall be notified in the Gazette. A copy of the Gazette containing any such Notification shall be conclusive evidence thereof,
35. A Superintendent shall be appointed for each/Hos- time to time apporih pits, who shall have the control and management thereof, subject nevertheless to the directions of the Inspector of Hospitals and to any regulations made and approved under this Ordinance in respect thereof.
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herson as a resident 36. A printed copy of regulations purporting to be purgin per laclje, Regulations of a Hospital so approved such copy being
signed by the Inspector of Hospitals shall be evidence of the Regulations of the Hospital and of the due making and approval thereof for the purposes of this Ordinance.
37. Every woman detained in a Hospital shall during the period of such detention be carefully provided for and furnished free of expense to her with lodging, clothing, and food.
38. The expenses which may be incurred in or about the treatment of any prostitute detained in a Hospital as specified in the last preceding section shall be a debt due to the Crown and payable by the Keeper of the Brothel or by the Keeper or person apparently in charge of the bouse wherein such person may have been residing. The same in case of non-payment may be sued for and recovered from anch Keeper or person by the Registrar General, or other duly authorized officer, subject nevertheless to the pro- visions in the next section contained.
Wienen found
it street, &c.
for gurposes
of prostituti
Habio to Aus
and imprison.
Deni
Women found
at beard any junk, o. for purpures of
prostitutim, Ilable to fine and prisga- ment.
Person in charge of Jank, ., in whleb wenSU foerd for purposes of prostitution flable to Rue and imprison- dunt, and junk, &c. to forfeisure.
Women fogad
on slips in harbour for purposes of prostitution.
Constable authorized to arrest without Warrant Persone found offending and to setre junk,
c.
Appointment
of Inspector
of Hospitala
and Visiting
Burgeons.
Power to Governor to provide Hospital.
ent of
Superintend
Hospital
Evidence of regulations.
Cure and
of women Zetained in Hospital
treatment
Expenses of trautment of
women in Hospitals.
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Lee Sich, 45 of A.
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47
hrus
48
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