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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 22, 1910.

Registration 6. The owner of any copyright in such book or dramatic condition piece or of any interest therein shall not be entitled to precedent to

bring any action or suit or initiate any proceedings for legal proceedings. any infringement of the copyright unless such right or interest has been registered in the Copyright Register or at Stationers Hall under the provisions of the said Copy- right Act 1842.

Extension of the Copyright (Musical

Composi tions) Ante 1882 and

7. The Acts of the Imperial Parliament 45 and 46 Viet. e. 40 entitled “The Copyright (Musical Compositions) Act 1882” and 51 and 52 Viet. c. 17 entitled "The Copyright (Musical Compositions) Aer 1888" are hereby extended to this Colony.

1888 to

Colony.

Bate of

8. The pecuniary penalties provided in any Act of the exchange for Imperial Parliament dealing with copyright in force in this Colony shall be payable in this Colony in local currency at the rate of ton dollars to the pound sterling.

Payment of penalties.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 21st day of July, 1910,

C. CLEMENTI,

Clerk of Counelis,

Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 22nd day of July, 1910.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

HONGKONG.

No. 15 of 1910.

An Ordinance to amend the Protection of

Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Short titles

ut

Officer Administering the Government.

[22nd July, 1910.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1910, and shall nstruction. be read and construed as one with the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance. 1897, hereinafter called "the Principal Ordinance “.

Substitutes 5 2. Section 32 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby

repealed and the following is substituted therefor :-

section for

Section 32

the

Principal Ordinance.

Custody of adopted girl, etc.

32. No parent or person acting in the place of a parent who has voluntarily parted with a girl for the purpose of adoption into another family or who has received money for parting with the eustody of such girl for any purpose shall be deemed to be entitled as of right to the custody of such girl as her parcut or as the person acting in the place of her parent, and the legal guardianship of such girl shall be vested in the Registrar General who may take such action as he thinks best to secure her welfare, and he may require any person in whose charge he shall place the girl to enter into a bond with one or more sureties to treat the girl well and to produce her before him whenever he shall so require,

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