CO129-537-10 Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance 1932 9-12-1932 - 4-3-1933 — Page 13

Enclosure No. 2.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hong Kong 9th December, 193 2.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No

43

of 193 2.

1.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an

Ordinance to mend the Protection of Women and Girls

Ordinance, 1897, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is

one which is not contrary to the Governor's instructions.

The substituted sub-section (2) of section 13 of the

principal Ordinance raises the maximum fines from $100, $200

and $500 to $250, $500 and $1,000 respectively.

2.

3.

The effect of the substituted sub-section (1) of

section 17 of the principal Ordinance is to substitute the

words "solicits for immoral purposes" for the words "in any

public place persistently solicits or importunes for

immoral purposes" and to raise the penalty from three months

to six months. The words "in any public place per sistently

solicits or importunes" came from section 1 of the Vagrancy

Act, 1898, (61 & 62 Vict. c. 39); but they appear to afford

an unnecessary degree of protection to a type of pest which

has recently increased.

4. The substituted sub-section (3) of section 21 adds the

words "or the hearing of any information or charge" after