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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1889.
A Register of Registered
Brothels to be
kept.
[Ibid. Sec. 10.]
Keeper of
Licensed Brothel to
exhibit and to furnish to the Registrar feneral a list of inmates. [Zbid, Sec. 11.
Notice to be posted up in Brothel.
Inmates of Brothel to he registered.
Penalty for allowing uny child under the age of 15 to be in a Registered Brothel. [Ibid. Sec. 14.]
Inspection of Registered Brothel.
Ibid. See. 15.)
Keeper of Registered Brothel to
reside therein and appoint substitute
during ahsenec. [76ft. Sec. 16,7
Recovery of tines on keeper of Registered Brothel. [7bit. Sec, 17.1
Power to enter or break into ious
suspected of being Unlicensed Brothels, {Ibid. Sec. 20.]
30. A Register of Brothels shall be kept in the Office
of the Registrar General who shall cause to be entered theroin:-
(1.) The name and address of every Keeper of such
Brothel.
(2.) The address of every House whereof the whole or any part shall be occupied or used as a Brothel. (3.) The name and address of the Householder of every such House or of the Tenant of every part of such House. (4.) Any other particulars which the Registrar Gene- ral may from time to time deem expedient to be eutered in the said Register, subject nevertheless to such Regulations as the Governor in Council may make.
31. Every Keeper of a Registered Brothel shall cause a list of the names and ages of the Inmates thereof in the English language and also in such other language as the Registrar General may direct, to be affixed in some conspi- cuous place in such Brothel and the said keeper shall cause the said list to be altered from time to time as occasion may require, and shall furnish the Registrar General with a copy of such list and of all alterations made therein, together with a photograph of every inmate whose name is on such list.
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 the house any woman or girl who has not been duly registered or whose photograph has not been deposited at the Registrar General's Office.
34. If any child being in the opinion of a Magistrate above Six and under Fifteen 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 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- ont 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 Registered 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,
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