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Age, (1.11.29).

Saving, (1.11.29).

Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.

Ordinance No. 21 of 1929,

Admissibility of register, etc.

(1.11.29).

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22. 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.

23. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect any right of guardian- ship 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, as amended by the Protection of Women and Girls Amendment Ordinance, 1929: Provided that in exercising any such right of guardianship the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall comply with the provisions of section 10 of this Ordinance.

24. (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 Muitsai, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be assumed that the photograph in question is the photograph of the Muitsai indicated by the said serial number.

(3) If any such finger prints appear to have a serial number, and if the said serial number appears in some part of any such register as apparently assigned to some particular Muitsai, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be assumed that the finger prints in question are the finger prints of the Muitsai indicated by the said serial number.

(s. 12.)

Regulations. *(1st Dec., 1929.)

G.N. No. 568 of 1929.

G.N. No. 273 of 1930.

G.N. No. 519 of 1930.

G.N. No. 550 of 1931.

G.N. No. 424 of 1935.

(9.5.30).

Registration.

1. Registration may be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or at the office of the District Officer at Tai Po, or at any police station, or at the Tung Wa Hospital, or at the Kwong Wa Hospital. The register shall be kept by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

(1.11.29). As amended by No. 22 of 1929.

*Published in the Gazette of 8th November, 1929, as G.N. No. 568. (9.5.30). As amended by G.N. No. 273 of 1930.

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