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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8тп MAY, 1897.

and

after notice in writing has been given to any or either of the said requiring such production then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered by

the above-named

and

In the presence of

The Second Schedule.

TABLE OF ORDINANCES REPEALED.

[L.8.] [L.S.]

Number

and Year

Title or Short Title and Date of Ordinance.

Extent of Repeal.

of Ordinance.

Ordinance An Ordinance to consolidate 4 of 1865. and amend the Enactments in force in this Colony, relating to Offences against the Person. [2nd June, 1865.]

Ordinance

9 of 1890.

Ordinance 11 of 1890.

Ordinance

14 of 1891.

Ordinance

7 of 1892.

Sections 42, 43, 46, 47,

and 48.

An Ordinance to amend Ordi. The whole.

nauce No. 4'of 1865, rela-

ting to Offences against the

Person. [24th June, 1890.]

The Women and Girls' Pro- | The whole.

tection Ordinance, 1890.

[23rd July, 1890.]

An Ordinance to amend the The whole.

Women and Girls' Pro-

tection Ordinance, 1890.

[22nd July, 1891.)

An Ördinance to amend Ordi- | The whole,

nance No. 4 of 1865, rela-

ting to Offences against the Person. [20th May, 1892.]

Ordinance An Ordinance to amend the Sections 1, 2 and 3.

6 of 1894.

Women and Girls' Pro-

tection Ordinance, 1890. and Ordinance No. 14 of 1891, entitled an Ordinance to amend The Women and Girls' Protection Ordi- nance, 1890. [7th Sept- ember, 1894.]

Minute by the Attorney General, (Hon. W. Meigh Goodman) on the Bill to consolidate and amend

the Lays relating to the Protection of

Women and Girls,

It is proposed, by this Bill, to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Protection of Women and Girls, and, at the same time, to introduce into this Colony certain provisions of the Imperial Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 and 49 Viet. cap. 69) which seem to be applicable to local circumstances.

Section 3 includes (in its sub-sections) sections 4 and 7 of Ordinance 11 of 1890, and makes all who take part in the illegal act liable, as well as pointing out that it is im- material whether the prostitution is to be within or without the Colony. The latter provision prevents any difficulty in that respect and follows the precedent in the Imperial Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, section 2, where the words are "either within or without the Queen's dominions". The words "or otherwise dispose of” are added to provent disputes as to what is "taking on hire."

Section 4 sub-section (1) takes the place of section 5 of Ordinance 11 of 1890, as amended by Ordinance 14 of 1891 section 1, but retains the age of 16 instead of 21, which is that fixed by the Imperial Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, section 2 sub-section (1),

The other three sub-sections are taken from sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 2 of the Imperial Act above mentioned.

Section 5 is a re-enactment of section 6 of Ordinance 11 of 1890.

Sections 6 and 7 embody the existing law as to criminal assaults upou girls mader 12, and indecent assaults on females (see section 2 of Ordinance 7 of 1892 and section 46 of Ordinance 4 of 1865).

Section 8 introduces into this Colony the provisions of section 8 of the Imperial Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, and supersedes the somewhat similar provisions of sub- section 1 of section 8 of Ordinance 11 of 1890 as amended by section 2 of Ordinance 14 of 1891.

Section 39.

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