CO129-286 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black Governor Sir Blake & Public Offices - 1898 [11-12] — Page 83

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I think a repistatim

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case is made and for the

hothels as the out home

checking brothel slavy which is a scan-

4 British Calenies.

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require considerable alles aliens before they could

for legten.

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hall we had Hu insert pemasa

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22 March

At our meeting

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Me fueas,

the 27" instant with

Sir Cecil Sunth I understand that it

reded that

any penalty

was de -

should not at present impose

as is imposed

bly a

a male person habitually bing on the profits of prostitution, such by the Imperial Statute 61762 Viet. Chat 39 (Vagrancy As 1898) but it was proposed & that we should give the Proketer of Chinese

in the Strait and the Rejistons General in story Hong wide

before him. Me inmates or keeper of any brothel for the purpose of en-

quiring

whether he wenaw was against her will contagious disence.

powers to

Qtinson

By

de tarired

suffering pro

The question was also raised whether we

thould impose any punishment

herself for acting my frous

ag

the

prostitute while supper- contagious disease

we should put any porishment who, while ris

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and whether

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diseased state visits aborthed. for the purpose of prostitution.

In the dragt amendments to the Hong

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and

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below

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Straits Ordinances which I

arbinit I have not at present imposed

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punishment on the woman.

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prostitute

or the man

acting as

aj

visiting

brothel whill suffering from disease,

because I think that the powers that

the Ordinances

we have inserted. provise, indieath for the former sufficecall & as refers

Lext with the matter rogerstyle that you wishes.

the

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inverted

It was also decided that eunur. lative penalties should be improed on brothel keeper for second and mb- inventing at the power

sequent offences

banish mentoring & tould also he

in the should else to jovens. The question of cruelty in

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brother

we decided I think, should be left to law whit the poovisions of the

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be sufficient.

would probably be

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Taking first the Straits Ordinance XVII 9 1896 entitled "The Woinen and bird's Protection Erdmance, 1896, " I propose to insert after section to the following

section

brothel perinti "6" If the keeper qu any person suffering from any contagious in mind brothel

disease to be

or remain in

for the purpose of prostitution such keeper shall be guilty of an offence.

be liable on fourt

a

and shall

conviction bepre the Supreme 7 two Magistrates to

Court

imprisonment for

a serem nopexceeding

a

one year or to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to both, and if any such keeper om brothel not being a natural boon British subject who has been previously connected of an дреме under this section shall again be found.