1596
No. 1 of 1923.
FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVICE.
Onus.
Age.
*
Saving.
+
Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
Admissibility of register, etc.
19. In every prosecution under this Ordinance it shall until the contrary is proved be presumed that the girl in question was a mui tsai in the employment of the accused at the time of the alleged offence, and this onus shall not be deemed to be discharged by mere proof that the girl was described in any transaction by some term other than mui tsai.
20. In every prosecution under this Ordinance, whether evidence be called on the question of age or not, any girl who appears to the magistrate to be of or under or over any particular age shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed for the purposes of such prosecution to be of or under or over such age as the case may be.
21. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any right of guardianship already vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by virtue of the provisions of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, or hereafter vested in him by virtue of the provisions of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897: Provided that in exercising any such right of guardianship the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall comply with the provisions of section 9 of this Ordinance.
22.-(1) In any proceedings whatsoever, whether under this Ordinance or not, the following shall be admissible in evidence upon production-
(a) any register, or any part of any register, which appears to be kept under this Ordinance;
(b) any extract from any such register purporting to be certified as correct by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs;
(c) any photograph or finger prints which appear to have been taken for the purpose of any such register.
(2) If any such photograph appears to have a serial number and if the said serial number occurs in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular mui tsai, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be assumed that the photograph in question is the photograph of the mui tsai indicated by the said serial number.
* As amended by No. 22 of 1929 [1.11.29].
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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1596
No. 1 of 1923.
FEMALE DOMESTIC SERVICE.
Onus.
Age.
*
Saving.
+
Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.
Admis- sibility of register, etc.
19. In every prosecution under this Ordinance it shall until the contrary is proved be presumed that the girl in question was a mui tsai in the employment of the accused at the time of the alleged offence, and this onus shall not be deemed to be discharged by mere proof that the girl was described in any transaction by some term other than mui tsai.
20. In every prosecution under this Ordinance, whether evidence be called on the question of age or not, any girl who appears to the magistrate to be of or under or over any particular age shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed for the purposes of such prosecution to be of or under or över such age as the case may be.
21. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any right of guardianship already vested in the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by virtue of the provisions of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897, or hereafter vested in him by virtue of the provisions of the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, 1897: Provided that in exercising any such right of guardianship the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall comply with the provisions of section 9 of this Ordinance.
22.-(1) In any proceedings whatsoever, whether under this Ordinance or not, the following shall be admissible in evidence upon production-
(a) any register, or any part of any register, which appears to be kept under this Ordinance;
(b) any extract from any such register purporting to be certified as correct by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs;
(c) any photograph or finger prints which appear to have been taken for the purpose of any such register.
(2) If any such photograph appears to have a serial number and if the said serial number occurs in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular mui tsai, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be assumed that the photo- graph in question is the photograph of the mui tsai indicated by the said serial number.
* As amended by No. 22 of 1929 [1.11.29].
As aniended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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