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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1889.
Notice to be posted up in Brothel.
Inmates of Brothel to be registered.
Penalty for allowing auy child under the age of 15 to be in a
Registered Brothel. [Ibid. Sec. 14.]
Inspection of Registered Brothel. [Ibid. Sec. 15.]
Keeper of Registered Brothel to reside therein and appoint substitute during absence. [lbul. Soc. 16.]
Recovery of fines on keeper of Registered Brothel.
[Ibid. Sec. 17.3
Power to enter or break into houses
suspected of being Unlicensed Brothels. [Ibid. Sec. 20.]
Investigation by Registrar General us to suspected Brothel. [Ord. 10 of 1867 Sec. 21.]
32. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall keep posted up in some conspicuous place in such brothel in English and in such other language as the Registrar General may direct a notice stating that every inmate of such brothel may at any time leave the said brothel and may at all times make complaint to the Registrar General or to any Police Officer of detention or ill-treatment on the part of the said keeper, or of any person in the said brothel.
33. No keeper of a Registered Brothel shall be permitted to have in her house auy woman or girl who has not been duly registered or her photograph deposited at the Registrar General's Office.
34. If any child being in the opinion of a Magistrate above Six and under Sixteen Years of age. be found in any Registered Brothel, the Keeper thereof shall upon con- viction thereof before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not- exceeding One hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding one month for the first offence, three months for the second offence, and six months for the third or any subsequent offence.
35. Every Registered Brothel shall be liable to be in- spected at all times by the Registrar General, the Colonial Surgeon, the Captain Superintendent of Police and by any officer specially appointed by the Governor for the purposes of such inspection, and every Keeper of such Brothel and every other person whomsoever who shall offer any obstacle or resistance to such inspection shall be liable to imprison- ment with or without hard labour for any term not exceed- ing six months or to a fine not exceeding Two hundred dollars.
36. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall reside therein and shall not absent himself from the Colony with- out giving notice to the Registrar General and appointing some person to act as Keeper thereof during his absence, and in every case where the Keeper of a Licensed Brothel shall fail to comply with the requirements of this Section, the permission granted to keep such Brothel shall become ipso facto void."
37. The provisions of section 13 of The Regulation of Chinese Ordinance, 1888, in relation to the recovery of fines shall apply to the recovery of any fine or penalty imposed upon a keeper of a Registered Brothel under this Ordi-
nance.
Un-registered Brothels.
38. Whenever the Registrar General or the Captain Su- perintendent of Police shall have reason to suspect that any house or portion of a house is used as a Brothel and has not been registered as hereinbefore provided, it shall be lawful for them or either of them and for any person specially deputed by them or either of them in writing for the purpose, at any time without warrant to enter and if neces- sary to break into such house or portion of a house and to take into custody any person who shall appear, act, or behave himself as the person having the care or management of such house or portion of a house so suspected as aforesaid and such person shall be brought forthwith before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
39. It shall be lawful for the Registrar General when- ever he shall have reason to suspect that a house or a portion of a house is used as a Brothel and has not been registered as such, to institute an investigation with reference thereto, and for such purpose or for the pur- pose of any appeal under Section 42 to summon in writing before him the householder or his agent, and any tenant or occupier of any portion of such house and all other persons capable of giving evidence in such matter, and to examine them upon oath touching the subject of such investigation, and any person who shall neglect or refuse to appear before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such summous, or to answer all questions which may be put to him in the course of such examination shall upon conviction thereof before a Magis- trate be liable to a fine not exceeding Five hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any- term not exceeding six months, and in the event of his giving false testimony in the course of such examination he shall be liable to be tried and punished for perjury and for that purpose every such investigation shall be deemed a Judicial Proceeding,
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