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(It is requested that the Secretary-General may receive
copies of any legislation relative to this question.)
Are such acts punishable if committed abroad?
What are the penalties prescribed in cases (a) and (b) ?
(It is requested that statistics of prosecutions and
convictions for such offences be communicated to the Secretary-
General of the League of Nations.)
2. Have any other legislative measures been taken by the
Government to combat the Traffic in Women and Children, and if so,
what are they?
3. Does the Government propose to take any further legisla-
tive or administrative steps against the evil?
4. Has the Government taken any steps to have ports and
railway stations watched for the purpose of checking the Traffic in
Women and Children? If not undertaking this duty themselves, have
they delegated this responsibility, and if so, to what agency?
5.
Has the Government taken steps to ascertain from foreign
prostitutes the reasons for which they left their own countries?
what has been the outcome of this enquiry?
If so
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6. Has the Government established any form of control over
offices and agencies which provide posts for women and girls in
other countries?
7.
Has the Government taken any steps to protect women and
girls travelling on emigrant steamers?
8. Has the Government taken any steps to ensure protection
to emigrants and immigrants against White Slave Traffic and other
forms of exploitation?
9. Has the Government taken any steps to ensure the
protection, pending their departure, of women and girls who, after their arrival as emigrants, have for some reason or other to be
sent back?
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