CO129-519-11 Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance- 1929 1-11-1929 - 1-11-1929 — Page 8

N°490.

(Enclosure 1)

(Enclosure 2)

My Lord,

RECEIVED

9 DEC 1929

COL. OFFICE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

8th November, 1929.

I have the honour to submit for the

signification of His Majesty's pleasure the following

Ordinance intituled: -

2.

An Ordinance to amend the Protection of

Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.

The enclosed report by the Attorney

General explains the objects and reasons of the Ordinance.

I have the honour to be,

Lanctioned C

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&c.,

&c.

&C.,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

bumble servant,

Governor, &c.

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L.S.

HONG KONG.

No. 21 OF 1929.

I assent.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

1st November, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the Protection of

Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.

[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 Protection of Short title. Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. Section 3 of the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1897, is amended by the insertion of the of Ordinance

No. 4 of words"

or obtaining possession of," immediately 1897, s. 3. after the words "disposing of" in the third line of paragraph (4).

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3. The following section is inserted in the Protec- Insertion of tion of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, immediately new section after section 3 :—

Defence negatived.

3A. It shall be no defence to any charge under section 3 that the woman or girl in question consented to the transaction or that she received the consideration or any part of the consideration therefor.

3A in Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.

4. Section 18 of the Protection of Women and Amendment Girls Ordinance, 1897, is amended as follows :—

(a) by the deletion of the words "receives or harbours" in the third and sixth lines of sub-section (1) and by the substitution there- for in each case of the words "receives, harbours, detains, or has under his con- trol," ;

(b) by the deletion of the words "received or harboured" in the second line of sub-section (2) and by the substitution therefor of the words "received, harboured, detained, or had under his control,";

(c) by the deletion of the words "received or harboured her in the seventh and eighth lines of sub-section (2) and by the substitu- tion therefor of the words "received, har- boured or detained her, or had her under his control," ;

of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897, s. 18.

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