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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 48.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 1886.

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VOL. XXXII.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 427.

The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held yesterday, are published for general information.

ARATHOON SETH,

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 6th November, 1886.

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A BILL

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An Ordinance for the better protection of young Girls.

WHEREAS it is expedient to prevent adopted children

and female servants being brought up in the Colony for the purpose of prostitution: be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. On any complaint being made to the Registrar Ge- neral that any female child between the ages of six and sixteen years is in the custody or under the control of any person in the Colony with the view of being trained or disposed of as a prostitute, it shall be lawful for the Regis- trar General to summon before him such enstodian requir- ing at the same time the production of the said child, and to make full inquiry into the said complaint.

2. The Registrar General may associate with him in the said inquiry or two or more Chinese Justices of the Peace or such other Chinese persons as may from time to time he designated by the Governor, and if after due inquiry he is satisfied that the child is being trained as a prostitute, or that it is the intention of the custodian thereof to dispose of the said child as a prostitute, it shall be lawful for the said Registrar General to make an order for the id child, or if the said Registrar proper custody of the General should think fit to leave the said child with the said custodian, and he may require the latter to furnish such security in such an amount, with such sureties as he shall deem fit for the proper care and bringing up of the said child.

The Registrar General may also call upon the said party to furnish him with a photograph of the said child.

3. If any person who has received such notice shall not appear, and produce the said child, and shall not satis- factorily account for such default the Registrar General may sentence the party so making default to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and in default of payment may order that the said partybe imprisoned with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding six months.

Clerk of Councils.