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A BILL
[No. 8:- 2.3.39.—1.]
Short title.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 5 of
1938, s. 14.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Protection of Women and Girls
Ordinance, 1938.
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 Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1939.
2. Section 14 of the Women and Girls Ordinance, 1938. is amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following paragraph :----
Any such order shall be sufficient authority to any constable to enter (by force, if needful) into the premises and give possession of the same, or any part thereof specified in the order, to the landlord or his agent: Provided that such entry shall not be made at any time except between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Provided also that the powers given by this section shall be in addition to .and not in derogation of any powers conferred by or under any other enactment.
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Objects and Reasons.
1. When a magistrate has made an order under section 14 determining the tenancy of premises, the occupant is there- after to be treated as a trespasser. If he is requested by the landlord to vacate the premises he usually refuses and the landlord is obliged to take proceedings in court to make the order effective. It is often desirable that a more speedy and statutory remedy to enforce removal of the trespassing occupant should exist. Such a remedy already exists in the case of premises used as a heroin factory-see section 21 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1935, as amended by section 3 of the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Ordinance, 1938.
2. The amendment now made by this Bill follows the wording of the provision in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and gives a speedy method for removing an occupant who uses his premises contrary to section 12 of the Ordinance.
March, 1939.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
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