L.S.
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HONG KONG.
No. 14 of 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
Governor.
29th June, 1934.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to the protection of
Women and Girls..
[29th June, 1934.]
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, 1934.
2. Section 5 of the Women and Girls Protection Ordin- ance, 1897, is repealed and the following section substituted therefor
5. Every person who carnally knows or attempts to have carnal knowledge of any unmarried girl, being of or above the age of thirteen years and under the age of sixteen years. shall be guilty of a misdemeanour: Provided that, where both parties are Asiatics, a girl shall not be deemed to be unmarried within the meaning of this Ordinance if she is duly married according to the laws and customs of the native country of the girl Provided also, that no prosecution shall be com- menced for an offence under this section more than twelve months after the commission of the offence.
Repeal of 5.5 of
Ordinance No. 4 of 1897 and
substitution section
of new
therefor.
3. Section 6 of the said Ordinance is amended by the Amendment substitution of the word "thirteen" for the word "twelve" in each sub-section thereof.
4. Section 7 of the said Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the word "sixteen" for the word "thirteen" in sub-section (2) thereof.
5. Section 11 of the said Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the word "thirteen" for the word "twelve" in each sub-section thereof, and by the repeal of the proviso contained in the last five lines thereof.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 28th day of June, 1934.
of s.
6 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
Amendment of s. 7 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
Amendment of s. 11 of Ordinance No. 4 of
1897.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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