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5. Section 32 of the Protection of Women and Repeal of

Girls Ordinance, 1897, is repealed and the following Ordinance

section is substituted therefor :-

Guardianship of adopted girl, etc.

Ordinance

No. 1 of 1923.

1897,

s. 32, and

32.-(1) If any parent or person acting substitution in the place of a parent has, within or of new without the Colony, voluntarily parted section. with a girl under the age of eighteen years for the purpose of adoption into another family, or received money for parting with the custody of any girl under the age of eighteen years for any purpose, the legal guardianship of such girl while within the Colony shall be vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

(2) If in any case it appears to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs that any girl under the age of eighteen years has not been properly treated by the person in whose custody she is, and that the girl is unwilling to remain in such custody, it shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to call upon such person to produce proof to his satisfaction that such person is the legal guardian, and failing the production of such proof the legal guardianship of such girl while within the Colony shall be vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

(3) Where the legal guardianship of any girl is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by virtue of the provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, subject to the provisions of section 10 of the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, to make any order regarding the custody and control of the girl which he may think desirable in her interests, and if he so think fit, to 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.

6. Section 39 of the Protection of Women and Repeal of Girls Ordinance, 1897, is repealed and the following Ordinance section is substituted therefor :-

No. 4 of 1897, s. 39,

tion of new

Power of search, etc.

39.-(1) The Secretary for Chinese and substitu- Affairs, or any officer generally or specially section. authorised for that purpose in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, may enter, and for that purpose may use force if necessary, and may search, any vessel, house, building, or other place for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is therein any woman or girl who is or may be liable to be dealt with under the pro- visions of this Ordinance, or whether any offence under this Ordinance is being, or has been, committed, and may remove any such woman or girl to a place of safety to be there detained until her case be enquired unjo.

(2) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs or such officer as aforesaid may during or after any such search as is referred to in sub-section (1), arrest or cause to be arrested any person reasonably suspected of being liable to prosecution for an offence against this Ordinance, and may seize and detain any articles, or any books, documents