CO129-246 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [8-9] — Page 192

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which has been addressed

to Your Lordship by certain members of the Chinese community, complaining of some of the provisions contained in the recently passed

Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Protection

of

2. Women and Girls.

I mentioned to Your Lordship in my despatch above quoted that the clause of the Ordinance to which

100 exception section 6 which provides was taken was that any person who defiles an unmarried girl, between the ages of 12 and 16 is to be considered guilty of a misdemeanour and may be punished accordingly.

Dr Kokai objected to this in the Legislative Council on the ground

1 that

3

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which has been addressed to Your Lordship by certain members of the Chinese community, complaining of some of the provisions contained in the recently passed Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Protection of 2. Women and Girls. I mentioned to Your Lordship in my despatch above quoted that the clause of the Ordinance to which 100 exception section 6 which provides was taken was that any person who defiles an unmarried girl, between the ages of 12 and 16 is to be considered guilty of a misdemeanour and may be punished accordingly. Dr Kokai objected to this in the Legislative Council on the ground 1 that 3
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which has been addressed to Your Lordship by certain members of the Chinese community, complaining of some the provisions contained in the recently passed of Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the Protection of 2. Women and Girls. I mentioned to Your Lordship in my despatch above quoted that that the clause of the Ordinance to which 100 exception section 6 which provides was taken was that any defiles person who an unmarried girl, between the ages of 12 and 16 is to be considered guilty of a misdemeanour and may be punished accordingly. Dr Kokai objected to this in the Legislative the ground bouncil 1 that 3
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which has been addressed

to Your Lordship by certain members of the Chinese community, complaining of some the provisions contained in the recently passed

of

Ordinance to amend and

consolidate the law relating to the Protection

of

2.

Women and Girls.

I mentioned to

Your Lordship in

my

despatch above quoted

that

that the clause of the

Ordinance to which

100

exception section 6 which provides

was taken was

that

any

defiles

person who

an unmarried

girl, between the

ages of

12 and 16 is to be considered

guilty of a misdemeanour

and

may be punished

accordingly.

Dr Kokai objected to this in the Legislative

the ground

bouncil

1

that

3

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