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1212 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH DECEMBER, 1896.

Householder, etc., permit- ting defle ment of

young girl on his premises. (49 & 49 Vict.

c. 60 8. 6 except that age at home is 13 instead of 12.)

Receiving or concealing

girl.

(Ord. 11 of

1890 & 9 altered.).

Roceiving or concealing procured girls under sixteen with fatentur women or

girls knowing them to have been sold for prostitution. (Ord. 11 of 1820, & 10.)

Itape.

(Ord 4 2 1965, s. 49.)

(4 & 49 Vict. c. 69, s. 4.)

Abduction of

a woman against her will from motives of lucre. (Ord, 4 of 1865 s. 47.) (24 & 25 Vict. c. 100, 1. 53.)

Fraudulent abduction of

girl against the will of her father and mother, &o

10. Any person who, being the owner or occupier of any premises, or having, or acting or assisting in, the management or control thereof, induces or knowingly suffers any girl of such age as in this scetion mentioned to resort to or bé in or upon such premises for the purpose of being unlawfully and carnally known by any man, whether such carnal knowledge is intended to be with any particular man 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 at the discretion of the Court 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, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or with- out hard labour.

Provided that it shall be a sufficient 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 ago of sixteen

years.

11. Any person who-

(1.) Takes part in receiving or harbouring any woman or girl knowing that such woman or girl has, by force, intimidation or fraud, been brought into or is about to be taken away from the Colony; or (2.) Takes part in receiving or harbouring 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 purpose of prostitution either within or without the Colony,

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter provided.

12. Any person who--

(1.) Takes part in receiving or harbouring any girl under the age of sixteen years knowing that such girl has been procured for the purpose of having unlawful tarual connexion with any other person and with intent to aid such purposo; or

(2.) Takes part in receiving or harbouring any woman or girl knowing that such woman or girl has been sold, pledged or let out to hire or purchased or other- wise 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 and on conviction thereof shall be liable to the punishment hereinafter provided.

13. Whosoever shall be convicted of the crime of rape shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for life or for any less term, with or without hard labour.

Any man who induces a married woman to permit him to have carnal connexion with her by personating her husband shall be deemed to be guilty of rape.

14. When any woman of any age shall have any inter- est, whether legal or equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional, or contingent, in any real or personal estate or shall be a presumptive heiress or coleiress or presumptive next of kin, or one of the presumptive next of kin, to anyone having such interest, whosoever shall, from motives of luere, take away or detain such woman against her will, with intent to marry or carnally know her, or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person; and whosoever shall fraudulently allure, take away, or detain such woman, being under the age of twenty-one years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, with intent to marry or carnally know her, or to cause her to be married or carnally known by any other person, shall be guilty of felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding fourteen years, with