CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 17

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Protecting of

copes

Women & Girls - of which

are attached to 12527. Those Laws are partly the result local experience of Chinese tricks,

tare partly taken from

The Criminal

Law Amendment Act 1885_ with some additions.

If Lad Risen still wishes to wait

for result of

the Enquiry

me made of

"the Indian for . befor deciding

In initiation is thus thrown,

perhaps property private individuals fustan then

what is to be done with the Registration as to whine Police

wesh has

Brothels Law in Hungkay & the Thaits been promen

Ibag to refer to point (1) of my

722nd Jan.

à

to Hughing

12527,

minute

t to suggest that desp might at ace be written the question of the periodical Examinations, & that "the foo of both Colonies should at same time be informed that the other question will be dealt with after information has been obtained of dealing from India as to the mode with the matter in Burmale?

But Thope for reasons given in my

that dand First Minute

thon 12527 Rism will decide to abolish Men Registration system. Wells

As to a Clause for suppression of brothels, perpen the clause #referred to in my last Memist on 12527)

when the case insell

see H. oft

574

www

5.7%.

India Act XXI of 1857 which

is or was, in force in the Submily of Calcutta, runs thus:- " Oither complaint of three

more householders that a house in their immediate neighbourhood is

brothel, or lodging. as a common brothel, house to the [the rest

used

practically

clause is in same terms as the clawn

A

quoted in margin of this 9.0. letter]

5.M.9.227ch C.P.L. 22

that

Reply, this despatid on 12527 while I regret & differ from this news expressed in the God? Dr. pator & its suclosures I much adhere to my directives for thes abolition of the system of Registration, bush that Ishall

& consider favomately

be ready

Drothel

Nevranand

any cmprovements of the low. achined the God. may with a new bo scame the freedom of the women belonging & there establishments a to prevent

disnderly imdech & thin an -no game of permes residing

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