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3.

(B) Treatment.

(a) Food, clothing and lodging equal to that provided

for sons and daughters must be supplied.

may be no discrimination.

There

(b) Those who have not reached the age of 12 years

must be sent to school to study.

(c) Those of 13 years or over must also be sent to

school to study after finishing their usual

daily work.

(d) M corporal punishment nor heavy, oppressive or

cruel treatment shall be inflicted.

(C) Marriage.

(a) then a mui-toai is of age she must be given in

marriage, at the latest before she is more than

20 years old.

(b) The consent of the girl to the marriage shall be

obtained.

(c) When she is married her owner shall not demand

any money for her nor for the expense of bringing

her up.

Prior to the institution of a Rescue Home for Women the

provisions of Article 2 shall first be applied.

After

the Rescue Home has been established o....ners of mui-tgai

must send them to the Home.

Those contravening; the provisions of Article 1 are liable

to the following penalties:-

(a) Restoration of the mui-tsai to her relatives to

be cared for. If they are unable to support her

she will be handed over to be brought up in the

Rescue lomo for Tomen. rior to the institution

of the Rescue Home she will be temporarily placed

in the Institute for the Poor.