CO129-514-2 Mui Tsai system- suggested regulations and possible abolition 9-1-1929 - 16-5-1929 — Page 155

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13.

Proposal to make an order "cancelling

any documents transferring the possession of a human being from one person to another".

This is at least 6 years too late. The

law of Hong Kong has never recognised the possession of one human being by another and this principle was formally declared by the Ordinance of 1923.

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Generally,

see also the attached memorandum prepared in 1921).

See

also attached memo.

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m 1921

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