17 MAR1932 OL, OFFIORI
ui Teal in Hong Kong.
Ref.No.92512/32.
5.Sydney Buildings
The Under-Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
Bath.
March 15th, 1932.
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Sir,
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I have to thank you for your letter of February 18th.
Many features in connection with the Mui Tsai system and
kindred transactions involving the sale and purchase of
girls remain highly unsatisfactory, and I beg that you will
give very careful consideration to the points I bring forward.
The quotation you give from the Offences against the
Person Ordinance, 1865, immediately after section 45,contains
the following:
45A.-(1) Overy person who takes any part, or attempts
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to take any part,in any transaction the object or one of the
objects of which is to transfer or confer, wholly or partly,
the possession, custody or control of any minor under the age
of eighteen years for any valuable consideration shall be
deemed to be guilty of an offence against this section, unless
such person proves beyond reasonable doubt that the transaction
was bona fide and solely for the purpose of a proposed..
marriage, or adoption, in accordance with Chinese custom.
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