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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH DECEMBER, 1896. 1215

shall upon conviction before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.

(3.) Any person who without just cause, the onus of proving which shall lie upon him, communicates or attempts to communicate with any woman or girl so de- tained as aforesaid or induces or attempts to induce such woman or girl to break such rules or regulations or any of them, shall be liable to the punishment in the preceding subsection mentioned.

28. In any suit or action which may hereafter be entered for the recovery of any sum due on any promise or agreement which before the 13th April, 1887, (being the date of Ordinance No. 9 of 1887) has been entered into before the Registrar General with respect to the custody, maintenance or giving in marriage of any female child, it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in such suit or action to allege or to prove that any consideration was given for the said promise or agreement, and it shall not be competent for the said defendant to allege in defence that the Registrar General had no authority or power to require such promise or agreement from him, or that no consideration was given for the same.

Penalty for communicat- ing ete. with

woman or

girl.

Recovery of sunis due on promise or sgrcement already entered into, (Ibid, s. 19.)

PART III.

General Provisions.

29. The Governor may appoint such officers as may he necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance and may make rules for the conduct of their duties.

30. The Registrar General or any officer appointed under this Ordinance and specially authorized for that purpose in writing by the Registrar General shall have power without warrant to search any ship, boat, house, building or other place where he has reasonable cause to suspect that there is any woman or girl who is or may be liable to be dealt with under the provisions of Part II of this Ordinance and may remove any such woman or girl to a place of refuge to be there detained until her case be enquired into.

31. The Registrar General shall have full power by notice in writing under his hand to summon before him any person whom he may have reason to believe can give any information respecting any woman or girl mentioned in Part II of this Ordinance and respecting the treatment of such woman or girl, or respecting any inmate of a brothel, and any person who upoff service of such notice shall not appear at the time and place therein mentioned or who shall fail to produce all documents in his custody, possession or power relating to such woman or girl and to answer truthfully all questions which the Registrar General may put to him respecting such woman or girl or in any way relating to the matter being inquired into shall on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default thereof to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.

32. All summonses, notices or other documents required to be served under this Ordinance on behalf of the Registrar General shall be deemed validly and sufficiently served if served on or left with the person intended to be served or, if he cannot be found, if left at his last known place of busi- ness or abode by any person authorized in that behalf by the Registrar General.

33. The place in which the Registrar General shall sit in discharge of his duties shall be such place as may, from time to time, be appointed for that purpose by the Governor.

34. Every warrant purporting to be issued in pursuance of this Ordinance and to be under the hand and seal of the Registrar General shall be received in evidence in every Court of the Colony without further proof and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated and all acts done in pursuance of such warrant shall be deemed to have been authorized by law.

35. In any proceeding under this Ordinance, every notice, order, copy of regulatious, or other instrument shall be presumed to have been duly sigued by the person by whom and in the character in which it purports to be signed until the contrary is shown.

Power for Governor

to appoint Officers. (Ibúk, 8, 22.)

Powers uf Registrar General, &c.

to search

without

warrant ships, houses, boats,

etc.

(Ibid, s. 23.)

Power of Registrar General to Summon persons who he thinks capable of giving information respecting

women or

girls. (Ibid, B. 24.)

Suromonses, notices, etu. what to be deemed good Bervice.

( Ibid, v, 26.)

Registrar General's Office. (Ibid, 8. 97.)

Warrante, reception in evidence of. (Ivil, v. 98.)

Prosumption

in respect of signatures to notices, &c. (Ibid, s. 30.)