Social_Welfare_Annual_Report_1954-1955 — Page 40

APPENDIX VIII

PROSECUTIONS undertaken on behalf of the Child Welfare Section of the Social Welfare Office during 1954/55 under Offences against the Person Ord. Cap. 212 and the Protection of Women & Juveniles Ordinance No. 1 of 1951.

Details of Prosecutions

Offences against the Persons Ord. Cap. 212

(a) General

Number of cases

Number of charges

Number of defendants

Number of children involved

(b) Charges

Ill-treating or assaulting a child Neglect of a child

Common assault...

(c) Results

Defendants imprisoned

Defendants fined

Defendants bound over.

Defendants discharge

(d) The Children

Number placed in Po Leung Kuk

Number sent to other Homes

Number restored to parents or guardians

Offences against the Protection of

Women & Juveniles Ordinance No. 1 of 1951

(a) General

Number of cases.

Number of charges.

Number of defendants

Number of juveniles and female victims involved..

(b) Results

Defendants imprisoned

Defendants fined

Defendants fined and bound over

(c) Women and Juveniles involved

Number placed in the Po Leung Kuk.....

Number released or restored to parents or guardians

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3

3

3

3

3

2

1

3

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4

2

1

1

2

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