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area. Persons convicted totalled 12,928 compared with 9,022; of these, 3,477 were convicted of opium offences, 9,440 of heroin offences and the remaining 11 of morphine offences.

Prostitution and Brothels

150.

True cases

Cases convicted

Cases acquitted

Cases pending at end of period Accused dead, insane, etc.

1957/58 1,816

1958/59

1959/60

1,792

1,581

1,753

1,782

1,558

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151. Of the 1,805 persons charged, eleven were charged with keeping brothels, one with keeping a lodging house for prostitutes, 28 with keeping unlicensed massage establishments and 1,765 with soliciting or loitering for the purpose of soliciting for an immoral purpose.

Traffic Offences

152.

1957/58 1958/59 1959/60

True cases

47,479

46,338

45.852

Cases pending trial at start of period Cases convicted

4,769

5,454

40,690

43,056

43.336

Cases acquitted

1,432

1,805

2,249

Cases pending trial at end of period

4.769

5,454

5,561

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Nolle Prosequi

588

792

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A full report on Traffic is contained in Part V of this Report.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

153. The primary task of the C.I.D. is the investigation of crime, the detection, apprehension and prosecution of those responsible and the recovery of stolen property. The C.I.D., by virtue of plain clothes patrols, and the accumulation of intelligence, contributes greatly to the prevention of crime and the maintenance of order. It consists of a body of investigators and detective officers aided by specialists and a well-developed system of records. An Assistant Commissioner directs the Department, assisted by a Deputy Director and seven Assistant Directors, all Gazetted Officers. The work of certain specialized units of the C.I.D. is described in the following paragraphs.

Identification Bureau

154. The Identification Bureau consists of the main fingerprint records section, the scene of crime section, a photographic section and the questioned documents section.

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