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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12ra JUNE, 1897.

9. Every person who-

Procuring

(1.) By threats, intimidation, false pretences, false re- defilement of presentations, or other fraudulent means procures or woman orgirl. attempts to procure any woman or girl to have any uulawful carnal connexion either within or without the Colony; or

(2.) Applies, alministers to, or causes to be taken by any woman or girl any drug, matter, or thing, with intent to stupefy or overpower so as thereby to cuable any person to have unlawful carnal connexion with such woman or girl;

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

No person shall be convicted of an offence under this section upon the evidence of one witness only, unless such wituess is corroborated in some material partienlar by evidence implicating the accusel.

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10. Every person who unlawfully and carnally knows Carnal or or attempts to have unlawful carial knowledge of any attempted female idiot or imbecile woman or girl, under circumstances which do trot amount to rape, but which prove that the female idiot.

knowledge of

offender knew at the time of the commission of the offence that the woman or girl was an idiot or imbecile, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

11. Every person who, being the owner or occupier of Householder. any premises, or having, or acting or assisting in, the etc., permit- management or control thereof, induces or knowingly ting defile-

ment of girl suffers any girl of such age as is in this section mentioned to on his pre- resort to or be in or upon such premises for the purpose of mises. being unlawfully and carnally known by any man, whether such carnal knowledge is intended to be with any particular mau or generally-

(1.) Shall, if such girl is under the age of twelve years, be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to be imprisoned for life or for any less term with or without hard labour; and (2.) If such girl is of or above the age of twelve and under the age of sixteen years, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Provided that it shall be a suflicient defence to any charge made under this section if it shall be made to appear to the Court or Jury before whom the charge shall be brought that the person so charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was of or above the age of sixteen years.

Receiving or

12. Any person who-

(1.) Receives or harbours any woman or girl knowing harbouring

woman orgirl. that such woman or girl has, by force, intimidation or frand, been brought into or is about to be taken away from the Colony; or

(2.) Receives or harbours any woman or girl with intent that such woman or girl should be sold, pledged, let out to hire, purchased, taken in pledge, taken on hire, or otherwise disposed of for the pur- pose of prostitution either within or without the Colony,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Receiving or

13. Every person who--

(1.) Receives or harbours any girl under the age of harbouring

sixteen years, knowing that such girl has been pro- girl procured cured for the purpose of having unlawful carnal woman or

girl sold for connexion with any other person and with intent to prostitution. aid such purpose: or

(2.) Receives or harbours any woman or girl, knowing that such woman or girl has been sold, pledged, let out to hire, purchased, or otherwise disposed of, either within or without the Colony, for the purpose of prostitution, and with intent to aid such purpose.

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

14. Every person who by force, intimidation or any Decoying fraudulent means, brings, takes, decoys or entices any woman Woman or girl or girl into or away from the Colony for the purpose of emigration shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

into or away from the Colony for emigration.

15. (1) Every person who commits the crime of rape Rape. shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned for life or for any less term, with or without bard labour.

(2.) Every man who induces a married woman to permit him to have carual connexion with ber by personating her husband shall be deemed to be guilty of rape.

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