CO129-514-3 Mui Tsai system- correspondence 27-8-1929 - 21-11-1929 — Page 47

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HONG KONG.

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No. 22 OF 1929.

I assent.

L.S.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

1st November, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the Female Domestic

Service Ordinance, 1923.

[1st November, 1929.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Female Short title. Domestic Service Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. The Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, Insertion of is amended by the insertion of the following section new s. 4A in immediately after section 4 :-

No unregis- tered mui tsai to be brought into the Colony.

4A. No person shall hereafter bring or cause to be brought any mui tsai into the Colony unless such mui tsai has previously been in the Colony and has been registered under this Ordinance.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1923.

3. Sections 7 and 8 of the Female Domestic Service Repeal of Ordinance, 1923, are repealed.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, ss. 7 and 8.

4. Section 9 (1) of the Female Domestic Service Amendment Ordinance, 1923, is amended by the insertion of the of Ordinance words " subject to the provisions of section 10, immediately after the words "Chinese Affairs" in the 1923, 8. 9 (1).

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fourth line.

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" No. 1 of

5. Section 11 of the Female Domestic Service Amendment Ordinance, 1923, is amended by the insertion of the of Ordinance words", subject to the provisions of section 10, 1923, s. 11. immediately after the words "Chinese Affairs" in the fourth line.

6. Sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, is repealed, and the following sub-section is substituted therefor :-

(2) No

person shall without lawful authority or excuse have in his 'employ- ment, custody or control any unregistered mui tsai.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, s. 13 (2).

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