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(2.) Whenever any person is convicted of any offence against the provisions of sections 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19 or 20, if it is proved that the the offender has been previously convicted either suromarily or before the Supreme Court of an offence against the provisions of the same or any other of the said sectious it shall be lawful for the Magistrate or Court to direct that in addition to the punishment herein before prescribed the offender if a male be flogged."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of May, 1914.

M. J. BREEN,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 8th day of May, 1914.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG.

No. 12 or 1917.

I assent to this Ordinance.

F. H. MAY,

LS

Gimernor.

30th March, 1917.

An Ordinance to amend further the Protection

of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.

[30th March, 1917.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of Short title Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1917, and shall and con- be read and construed as one with the Protection of Wornen struction. and Girls Ordinance, 1897, bereinafter called the principal Ordinance Ordinance, and with the Protection of Women and Girls No. 4 of 1897. Amendment Onlinance, 1914, and the said Ordinances and Ordinance this Ordinance may be cited together as the Protection of No. 9 of 1914. Women and Girls Ordinances, 1897 to 1917.

2. Sub-section (1) of sertion 4 of the principal Ordi- Amendment nance, as amended by section 2 of Ordinauce No. 9 of of Ordinance 1914, is further ameniled by the substitution of the figures No. 4 of 1897,

9.1. "21" for the figures "20" in the second line thereof.

3. Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeal of the following suction is substituted therefor :-

Ordinance

No. 4 of 1897,

B. 18, and

aubstitution

of new

section.

18.1.) Every person shall be guilty of a niade- Receiving or

who without lawful authority or harbouring

me.nour

excuse, proof of which shall lie on the women or

girls brought accusel,

into the

(a) receives or harbours any womau or Colony by girl who has been brought into or is about to force, etc, be taken away from the Colony by force, inti- midation or fraud; or

(b) receives or harbours any unmarried girl under the age of 21 years who, without the consent of her father or mother or any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, has left or been taken out of the posses- sion of her father or mother or such other person.

(2.) When any person accused under sub-section (1) of this section is proved to have received or harboured any unmarried girl under the age of 21 years who, without the consour of her father or mother or any other person having the law- ful car or ebarge of her, bas loft or been taken out of the possession of her father or mother or such other purson, it shall be presumed until the contrary is made to appear that the accused received or harboured her knowing that she had left or hal boon taken out of such posses- sion in the manner aforesaid.

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