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1286 ( 11 of 1890. ) WOMEN AND GIRLS' PROTECTION.
(2.) A girl found living in or frequenting a brothel shall be
deemed to be a girl who is being trained for immoral purposes.
Place of 17. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council out of
safety .
[Ord.No. 19 moneys to be provided by the Legislative Council for that pur
of1889,s.24.) pose to provide a suitable building or buildings for the purposes
of temporarily housing and maintaining women and girls
detained under the provisions of this part of the ordinance and
as the Asylum for them during such detention.
Rules for
women and 18. ( 1.) Every woman or girl residing in the Asylum shall
girls in be subject to such rules and regulations as may be made by the
Asylum . Governor in Council, and every woman or girl who contrary to
[ See Ibid.
S. 25. ] such rules and regulations leaves any place in which she is
residing may be arrested and taken back to such place by any
Police officer or by any officer appointed under this ordinance
and specially authorised by the Registrar General in writing in
that behalf.
( 2. ) Any person who induces or assists any woman or girl
so detained as aforesaid to leave contrary to such rules and
regulations as aforesaid the place in which she is residing or
knowingly harbours any such woman or girl shall upon con
viction before a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour
not exceeding three months.
Recovery of 19. In any suit or action which may hereafter be entered for
eums due on
promise or
agreement
the recovery ofany sum due on any promise or agreement which
already before the 13th April , 1887 ( being the date of Ordinance No.
en tered into. 9 of 1887 ) has been entered into before the Registrar General
[Ibid.s.26.] with respect to the custody, maintenance or giving in marriage
of any female child , it shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in
such suit or action to allege or to prove that any consideration
was given for the said promise or agreement, and it shall not be
competent for the said defendant to allege in defence that the
Registrar General had no authority or power to require such
promise or agreement from him , or that no consideration was
given for the same.
Operation of
Part II .
20. This part of the ordinance shall only continue in oper
ation for a period of two years from the coming into operation
of this ordinance or such further period or periods as may from
time to time be determined by resolution of the Legislative
Council.

PART III.
REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF BROTHELS.
Registration
of brothels.
21. ( 1. ) No brothel shall be kept nor shall any place be
[ Ibid. s. 27. ] used as a brothel unless the same shall be registered under this
ordinance in the manner prescribed .