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Registration of girls

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(3) Where the legal guardianship of any girl is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs he may make any order (including if he thinks fit an order for her removal to and detention in a place of refuge) regarding the custody and control of the girl which he may think desirable in her interest and if he so thinks fit 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.

(4) Where the legal guardianship of any girl is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs he may at any time require any person in whose custody she is or appears to be to do all or any of the following things-

(a) to produce such girl;

(b) to furnish copies of her and such person's own photographs;

(c) to give security to the satisfaction of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs that the girl will not leave the Colony without the consent in writing of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs;

(d) to give like security that the girl will not be trained for or employed in any occupation other than such occupation as may be approved of in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

(5) Any person who fails to produce any girl when so required by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or fails to per- form any obligation imposed under any bond mentioned in sub-sections (3) or (4) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprison- ment for any term not exceeding six months in addition to any penalty to which he may otherwise by law be liable.

(6) The Secretary for Chinese Affairs, any Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs and any public officer authorized thereto in writing by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, either generally or specially, may at any reasonable time enter and inspect the home of and interview any girl of whom the legal guardianship is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

32. (1) Every person who at the date of the passing of this Ordinance has in his custody or control any girl the guardianship legal guardianship of whom is vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs pursuant to section 31 (1) shall register in the manner prescribed by regulations within three months from such date as may be appointed by the Governor by notification in the Gazette.

is vested under

s. 31 (1) in Secretary

for Chinese Affairs.

(2) Every person who acquires the custody or control of any such girl shall register in the manner prescribed by regulations within one month from the date of acquiring such custody or control.

(3) Every person who brings into the Colony any such girl shall register in the manner prescribed by regulations within one week from the date of bringing such girl into the Colony Provided that nothing in this section shall apply in the case of any girl required to be registered under the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923.

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