530 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH DECEMBER, 1872.
Suspending Clause.
illicit Connexion with any Man, shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, 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 without Hard Labor.
III. This Ordinance shall not come into Operation until Her Majesty's Confirmation thereof shall have been proclaimed in the Colony.
Statement of Objects and Reasons.
This Ordinance is intended to grapple with a serious evil known to have taken root in this Colony. It is certain that a very considerable number of young Women and Girls is ammually brought here in a condition practically of compulsory servitude. Orphans, or the children of extremely indigent parents, they are picked up on the Mainland by the wretches who carry on this abominable traffic, and a sale of their persons is effected there or here to the brothel-keepers of Hongkong. When once placed within the brothels, they are intimidated, or still worse, beaten into submission, and as a rule, they are too ignorant or frightened to complain.
That this state of things calls for remedy seems beyond dispute. And although difficulties in its application, due to the ignorance, indifference, or fears of the unfortunate victims, and to other obstacles which are always experienced when dealing with abuses due to Chinese customs or ideas are to be anticipated, the evil is one which clearly ought not to be allowed to flourish without some attempt to check it. The Ordinance, accordingly, proposes to make offences of this kind punishable by serious penalties; so that, at all events, the people engaged in this infamous traffic will feel that in continuing their practices, they do so clearly against the Law and subject to heavy responsibilities.
4th December, 1872.
THOS. C. HAYLLAR, Acting Attorney General.
Title.
Preamble.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend the Law relating to the granting of Licenses for the Sale of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors.
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"HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law relating to the granting of Licenses for the Sale of Fermented and Spirituous Liquors: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:- Meaning of
I. The Term "Spirituous Liquors" in Section XXIII of Ordi- Term" Spiri- nance No. 11 of 1844 shall be taken to mean "Shiu Tsau in Section 23 of (Samshu) or Chinese ardent Spirits only.
tuous Liquors"
Ordinance No.
11 of 1844.
Amendment of
II. There shall be omitted from Section XXXIII of Ordinance Section 33 of No. 11 of 1844 the Words "or in the Case of a Chinese Seller or Ordinance No. Retailer of any Quantity of Spirituous Liquors.”
11 of 1844.
Amendment III. Section III of Ordinance No. 10 of 1868 shall hereafter be of Section 3 of read as though after the Word "Confectioners" the Words "and subject to Approval and Confirmation by the Governor in Council, to any other Persons whom they shall in their Discretion think fit" had been inserted therein.
Ordinance No. 10 of 1868.
Repeal of
IV. Section XXI of Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 is hereby
Section 21 of repealed.
Ordinance No. 11 of 1844,
Sale of Spirits to Children.
V. Every Holder of a License, under Ordinance No. 11 of 1844, who sells or allows any Person to sell, to be consumed on [35 & 36 Vic., the Premises, any Description of Spirits to any Person apparently c. 94, sec. 7.] under the Age of Fourteen Years, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Dollars for the first Offence, and not exceed- ing Ten Dollars for the second and any subsequent Offence.
VI. Every Person found drunk in any Highway or other public Persons found Place, whether a Building or not, or on any licensed Premises, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Two Dollars, and on a [35 & 36 Vic., c. 94, sec. 12.1 second Conviction within a Period of Twelve Months shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Dollars, and on a third or subsequent Conviction within such Period of Twelve Months shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Dollars.
Penalty on
drunk.
Every Person who in any Highway or other public Place, whether a Building or not, is guilty, while drunk, of riotous or disorderly Behaviour, or who is drunk while in charge, on any Highway or other public Place, of any Carriage, Horse, Cattle, or Steam Engine, or who is drunk when in Possession of any loaded Fire-arms, may be apprehended, and shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Ten Dollars, or, in the Discretion of the Court, to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for any Term not exceeding One Month.
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