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1292 [ 11 of 1890. ) WOMEN AND GIRLS' PROTECTION.
Applications for
registration how
5. ( 1.) Applications for the entry of a house upon the register of brothels
made , shall be made in writing in the form A in the appendix . Every such appli
cation shall state the particulars B, C and D for entry on the register , and
the number of inmates by whom the brothel is intended to be used . It shall
be accompanied by the written consent to the application of the owner of the
premises.
(2. ) On the receipt of such application, the Registrar General shall forward
it to the Medical Officer appointed in that behalf by the Governor, for the
purpose of obtaining his report on the sanitary condition of the premises and
their structural suitability for the residence of the proposed number of
inmates.
(3.) The medical officer shall forth with , on the receipt of the application,
inspect the premises, and report to the Registrar General whether they are
or are not in a satisfactory sanitary condition and fit for the residence of the
proposed number of inmates.
(4.) Where the premises are already registered as a brothel, the application
shall be accompanied by a list of the names of the inmates.
Certificate of
registration .
6. ( 1.) If the Medical Officer certifies that he has inspected the premises
and is satisfied with their sanitary condition, and that they are fit for the
residence of the proposed number of inmates, and if the premises are not
situate in a locality where brothels have been declared by the Governor to be
unlawful, the Registrar General shall enter the required particulars in the
register of brothels, an'l shall deliver to the applicant a certificate of regis
tration in the form B in the appendix.
(2.) Provided that no part of a house shall be registered as a brothel, nor
any house where any trade or business is carried on, nor any house com
municating by any passage, door, or otherwise with any house or room in
which any trade or business is carried on, and provided also that the Registrar
General may at any time refuse to register and may at any time cancel or
suspend the registration of a brothel.
7. Every keeper of a registered brothel shall enter into a bond in such a
sum and with such securities as the Registrar General shall think fit for the
due observance by such keeper of all the requirements of this ordinance or of
any rules and regulations which shall be made thereunder. The Registrar
General may at any time require the said keeper to renew any of the sureties
to the said bond .

Entry of women 8. ( 1.) All persons whose names are required to be entered on the
in register of
inmates. Register of inmates must be brought by the keeper to the office of the
Registrar General, and no person's name shall be entered on such Register
except with her consent personally given to the Registrar General .
(2.) Photographıs in duplicate of all persons who are entered on the
Register of inmates of a brothel shall be supplied by the keeper to the
Registrar General one to be kept in his office the other to be retained by such
registered inmate.
(3.) On an application being made to him to enter a person on the Register
of inmates, the Registrar General shall personally interview such person , with
the view of ascertaining that such application is made with her consent. lle
shall also make the enquiries necessary for obtaining the particulars required
by these rules to be entered in the Register of inmates.
(4.) The Reg ar General shall further enquire whether or not the person
comes within the provisions of part 2 of the ordinance, and if he is of opinion
that she does, shall take measures for her protection accordingly.