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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Draft Bill.

No. S. 103.-The following Bill is published for general information:-

Short title.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, s. 2 (3) enacted by Ordin-

ance No. 12

of 1926, 8. 2 (4).

Repeal of Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, s. 13 as amended by Ordin- ance No. 12

of 1926, s. 8.

Commence- ment.

A BILL

INTITULED

[No. 7-23.3.36.-1.]

An Ordinance to amend the Midwives Ordinance, 1910.

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 Midwives Amend- ment Ordinance, 1936.

2. Sub-section (3) of section 2 of the Midwives Ordin- ance, 1910, enacted by section 2 (4) of the Midwives Amendment Ordinance, 1926, is repealed.

3. Section 13 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, as amended by section 8 of the Midwives Amendment Ordinance, 1926, is repealed.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st January, 1937.

Objects and Reasons.

1. Sub-section (1) of section 2 of the principal Ordin- ance, No. 22 of 1910, provides that every woman who not being certified under the Ordinance takes or uses any name, title, addition or description implying that she is certified under the Ordinance or is a person specially qualified to carry on the work of a midwife, or is recognised by law as a midwife, is liable to a fine.

2. Sub-section (2) of section 2 provides that every woman who habitually and for gain attends women in child- birth otherwise than under the direction of a medical practitioner, unless she is certified, is liable to a fine.

3. An amending Ordinance, No. 12 of 1926, added a new sub-section (3) providing that sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to any Chinese woman who uses the title wan p'o only.