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person from the Colony for such period aud generally pement and upon the issuing of such order the like consequenrees shall evane in all respects as though such order had been isaned under the powers conferred by Banishment Ordinance 1888"?

The

It will be seen I think that this

lause porvides both.

permits

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banishment

also puts a penalty on the brothel keeper whoppers a

suffering from any

brothel contagious disease to remain in a for the purpose of prostitution.

If seerris to me that without specifically providing that the woman who

contagions disease

is suffering from a shall be guilty of an offence be taken to hospital and there

aura Shall

de tamed

this clause will probably produce the

Parliamentar same result without racing opposition because the brothel keeper undersländ has entire control of these

women}

and

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the is

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to drive thems

out they have no place to to to except the Hospital er Me Refuge

This

Recurs to me to make it un-

to insert Clauses 9 and 10 of the Indian Cantonment Regulations of 1897. P.P. [C-8919]. Those Regulations

provide power to call upon

a person

suppering from a contagious disease to at- tend at the stospital, but.

under section

13 5.8(1) of the Straits Ordinance, the Profector of Chinese already has power to summon

any person before him whom he may have

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reason to believe

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seems to me that the

that obtained by the

Cantonment Regulations is

result

is famed

less objectionable

way.

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because the onus

is put upon the brothel keeper and not upon the prostitute.

I also propose in the Straits Onarnance to make the power opsearch that is fiven by section 12 in Part III, general,

as to enable searching.

At

for

brothel

of women suffering from contagious diseases or for the purpose of discovering whether any offence

The Ordinance

mi clauze

is being

under

ammitted. Therefore

12 (1) omit the words.

of Part II" and

insert after the word "Ordnance", the following

"or in which he has reasonable cause

suspect that an

offence

under this

Oraniance is being committed".""

s.(2) omit the words

In section 12 ms.

per "Dedinance",

"of Part II" and insert after

"or whether any offence meder this

Ordinance is being committed

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I propice further to resent after.

clause 17. Me following clauze : -

"Upon complant land bepre a Mapis- trate by the Juspector General Pokie or

Louise the Protector of Chinese that any

brothel or portion thereof is used

by

or

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lodging house for prostitutes or dissodedly

persons

A

Magistrate shall have and

exercise summary jurisdiction in respect thereof; and it shall be lawful for a

Magistrate to issue

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summons to the

tenant, veempres or keeper of the house of portion thereof of which complaint is made,

and upon the hearing of the case,