THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1905.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to amend the Summary Offences
Ordinance, 1845.
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 Summary Short title. Offences (Amendment) Ordinance, 1905, and shall be construed as one with the Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845.
purpose of prostitution.
2. Every female who being in any thoroughfare or Penalty on public place, or being on any verandah or at any window female or doorway over or opening on to any thoroughfare or soliciting for public place solicits persons for the purpose of prostitution shall on conviction thereof in a summary way be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars or in default of pay- ment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding one mouth.
3. It shall be lawful for any constable or other member Power to of the police force to take into custody without warrant arrest with- any female whom he shall find in any thoroughfare or public place offending against the provisions of the last preceding section.
out warrant in certain
cases.
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Object and Reasons,
The powers at present possessed by the Police being insufficient for the effective abatement of the nuisance caused by solicitations for immoral purposes by persons frequenting certain public places this Bill is designed to confer the requisite powers.
HENRY S. BERKELEY,
Attorney General,
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance relating to the Summary Jurisdic- tion of Magistrates in reference to Married Women.
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 Summary Juris- Short title. diction (Married Women) Ordinance, 1905.
orders for maintenance.
2. Any married woman whose husband shall have Power of deserted her, or whose husband shall have been guilty Magistrate of persistent eruelty to her, or of wilful neglect to provide to make reasonable maintenance for her or for her infant children whom he is legally liable to maintain, and shall by such cruelty or neglect have caused her to leave and live separately and apart from him, may apply to any Magistrate for an order or orders under this Ordinance,
3. The Magistrate to whom application is made may What orders make an order or orders containing all or any of the pro- may be visions following, namely :-
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(a.) That the applicant be no longer bound to cohabit with her husband (which provision while in force shall have the effect of a decree of judicial separation on the ground of cruelty under the law of England).
(b.) That the legal custody of any children of the marriage between the applicant and her hus- band while under the age of sixteen be com- mitted to the applicant,
made.
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