CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867
Title
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867
Description
ORDINANCE --No. 1a~.ok. 1887.
Contagious Diseases.
No. 10 of 1867.
An Ordinance for the better Prevention of Contagious Diseases. Iltn~
[23rd July, 1867.
'HEREAS it is expedient to make further provisions calculated to prevent
the Preamble,
spreading of certain contagious diseases: Be it therefore enacted by the
-Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows:-
Preliminary.
I, This Ordinance may be cited as 'The Contagious Diseases Ordinance,
1867:'
2. In this Ordinauce:-
The expression 'Contagious Disease' means venereal disease including
gonorrhoea.
The word 'District' means a district of the City of Victoria as. defined
41 rhatrtet^
by 'The Victoria Registration Ordinance, 1866.'
The expression ' Superintendent of Police' means the Captain
Superin- Superintendent
opce? tendent of Police appointed under Ordinance No. 9 of 1862.
The words 'Householder' and 'Agent' mean a householder and his
' accredited agent as defined by ' The Victoria Registration Ordinance,
1866.'
The expression ' ° Keeper of a Licensed Brothel' means the registered
keeper thereof and any person appointed by a keeper to act. as such
keapen,
during his absence.
The expression 'Keeper of an Unlicensed Brothel' includes the tenant
of the house or part of the house, as the case may be, wherein the same
shall
be kept. ,
The expression `1 Inmate of a Licensed Brothel' means any female residing
in such brothel.
$.^This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's
confirmation
-thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by the Governor. ,
4. Ordinance No. 12 of 1857 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not
affect
the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered before the
commencement of this
Ordinance and shall not apply to or in respect of any offence, set or
thing committed
or, done or omitted before the commencement of this Ordinance and every
such offence,
actor thing shall after and notwithstanding the commencement of this
Ordinance have
the same consequences and effect in 'all respects as if this Ordinance
had not been
passed,.
~?egisbrar General.
~.. For the purposes of carrying. into effect the provisions of this
Ordinance the
Registrar (leueral shall in ..the first- instance have- exclusive: jr
ciadfetion to hear and
determine all matters except where otherwise specially provided and shall
have full
snort bile.
Interpretation of
terms.
« Contaaaona
disease.
'I Householder'
and NAgent.'
~~Keeper of,a'
Licensed~ c
Broilial:'
e$eejieor sit
imueBased,.,.
44 inmate of a
Licensed
Brothel:'
Suspending
clause.
Repeal of WM_-
nance No. 19 of
1867.
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ORDINANCE .No. 14 of 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
power to do in addition to the other duties imposed upon him hereby
whatever a Police-
Magistrate is by any Ordinance of this Colony authorized to do. [Repealed
by Ordi-
nance No. 2 of 18?'6.]
Power ofappeal 6. It shall be lawful for any person aggrieved or affected
by any order, decision,.
~gcetr~t a, or proceeding of the Registrar General within the meaning of
this Ordinance other
than and except such proceedings as era authorized by so much thereof as
is contained
between sections 20 and 24 both inclusive, to appeal therefrom to the two
Magistrates.
the decision of whom when sitting together shall be final and conclusive;
Provided
always that no such appeal shall lie unless within three clear days after
the determina-
tion by the Registrar General of any manor in respect of which an appeal
is hereby
allowed application shall have been made to him to state and sign a case
setting forth
the facts of the matter and the ground of his determination; and upon
every such
appeal the Registrar General shall transmit the depositions or minutes of
evidence'
taken by hint to the two Magistrates who may take such further evidence
as they shall
think fit. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876.
Registrar
General rosy
9Mnt brothel
ltconcoa.
No licensed
broth,-1 to be
kept in n house,
Scc., where any
trade !a carried
on.
cancellation or
suspension of
licence.
A register of
Accused brothels
to ha kept.
.Licensed Brothels.
7. The Registrar General may g.-ant to any person whom be shall think fit
a
licence to keep a brothel in such district or other locality as the
Governor in Council
tray from tiara to time appoint.
$, No licensed brothel shall be kept in any house in which any trade or
business.
is carried on nor in any house cumlnunicatiug by any passage door or
otherwise with
any house or room in which arty trade or business is carried on.
8. The Registrar General may at any time cancel or suspend a licence.
10. A register of licensed brothels shall be kept in the office of the
Registrar
General who shall cacao to be entered therein:- (l.) The name and address
of every keeper of a licensed brothel.
(2.) The address of every house whereof the whole or any part shall be
occupied or used as a licensed brothel.
(3.) The name and address of the householder of every such house or of the
tenant of every part of such house.
(4.) Any other particulars which the Registrar General may fromtime to
time
deem expedient to be entered in the said register subject nevertheless to
such regulvcions as the Governor in Council may snake.
xeeporor 11. Every keeper of a licensed luothel shall cause a list of the
names and ages of
liconacd brothel
to oxhibitandto the inmates thereof in the English language and also in
such other language as the
furnish to the
Registrar Registrar General may direct. to be- affixed in some conspicuous
place in such brothel
inmates, and shall cause the said list to be altered from time to time as
occasion may require
and shall furnish the Registrar General with a copy of such list and of
all alteration
made therein.
ORDINANCE, No. 10 of 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
12. If any person shall to the satisfaction of the Registrar General ('a
Magistrate' Penalty incase
of any person
as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 be proved to have been infected
with a belnx Infected fix'
a licensed
contagious disease, in any licensed brothel tile beeper thereof shall be
liable to a fine br~tnel.
not exceeding $200 and the inmate thereof who shall have infected such
person as
aforesaid shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six
months.
13. If any person shall to tile satisfaction of the Registrar General ['a
Magistrate' Penmtylneaseoe
a person infecting
as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1878] be proved to have infected with a
contagious any'n'°ate'f a
a licensed brothel.
disease the inmate of any licensed brothel such person shall be liable to
a fine not
ye.ezceeding $200 or to imprisonment for guy term not exceeding six
months.
14. If any child being in the opinion of the Registrar General ['a
Magistrate' as
amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 above eight and under fifteen years of
ago be
found in any licensed brothel the keeper thereof shall be liable to a
fine not exceeding
$100 or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not
exceeding one
month for the first offence, three months for the second offence, and six
mouths for the,
third or any subsequent offence.
15. Every licensed brothel shall be liable to be inspected at all times
by the inspection
Registrar General, the Inspector of Hospitals, the Visiting Surgeons, the
Superintendent
of Police, and any person who may be deputed by them respectively for the
purpose of
such inspection, and every keeper of such brothel and every other person
whomsoever
who shall offer any obstacle or resistance to such inspection shall be
liable to imprison.
went with or without hard labor for any term not exceeding six months or
to a fine
not exceeding $200.
Penalty for allow-
ing nn' c
under theiB of
16tobeina
licensed brothel.
16. Every keeper of a licensed brothel shall reside therein and shall not
absent
himself from the Colony without giving notice to the Registrar General
and appointing
some person to act as keeper thereof during his absence, and in every
case where the
keeper of a licensed brothel shall fail to comply with the requirements
of this section,
the licence granted in respect of such brothel shall become ipso facto
void.
17. The provisions of sections 17, 78, and 19 of 'The Victoria
Registration Recovery offlnes
reg ete ed of
Ordinance, 1866 m shall apply to the recovery of any fine imposed upon
the keeper u£ a brothel.
licensed brothel.
18. Every keeper of a licensed brothel shall pay to the Registrar General
the Fees paYabie for
u brothel licence-
sum of $4 a month during tile continuance of such licence or such other
sum as may
from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council.
Keeper-of
licensed brothel
to reside therein
and appoint
substitute during
absence.
Unlicensed Brothels.
19. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no person shall keep a
brothel No unlicensed
, brothels fobs
unless, the same shall have been licensed and registered as her einbefore
in that behalf., kept.
provided.
7~gTetrar
eneral al-
to suspected
brothel.
ftite of,suph
.01eatiffation.
neolara ion
by Itegtatear
General that a -
house or part of
a house Is au
nnllcenaed
brothel.
ORDINANCE No. -10 414867.
Contagious Diseases.
24. 'whenever the Registrar General or the Superintendent of Police shall
have
reason to suspect that any house or portion of a house is used as an
unlicensed brothel
it shill be lawful for them or either of them and for any constables or
other persons
depnted by them or either of them for the purpose at any time without
warrant to
enter and if necessary to break into such house or portion of a house and
to take into
custody any person who shall appear, act, or behave himself as the person
having the
care or management of such house or portion of a hons3 so s lspected as
aforesaid and
such person shall be brought forthv i~h before the Registrar General [' a
Magistrate' as-
amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876] who may as be shall think fit order
such person
to be discharged from custody or may deal with him or her under the
provisions of
section 21 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858.
21. It shall be lawful for the Registrar, General whenever be shall have
reason to
suspect that a house or a portion of a house is used as an unlicensed
brothel to
institute an investigation with reference thereto and for such purpose or
for the purpose
of any appeal under section 24 to summon in writing before him the
householder or
leis agent and any tenant or occupier of any portion of such house and
all other persons
capable of giving evidence in such matter and to examine them upon oath
touching
the subject of such investigation and any person who shall neglect or
refuse to appear
before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such
summons or, to
answer all questions which may be put to him in the course of such
examination shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or to be imprisoned with or
without hard labor
for any term not exceeding six months and in the event of his giving
f>ilse testimony
r
in the course of such examination be shall be liable to be tried and
punished for
perjury and for that purpose every such investigation shall be deemed a
judicial
proceeding.
22. The Registrar General shall give notice of such investigation by
advertise-
lnent in the Gazette and also to the parties interested in tile land
whereon such house
shall be situate so far as they can be ascertained by reference to the
records of the Land
Office but the want of such notice shall not invalidate any proceedings.
23. The Registrar General shall take notes of the evidence given during
such
investigation and if be shall be of opinion that such house or part of a
house as aforesaid
is an unlicensed brothel be shall declare the same to be such under his
band and seal
of offit<;e and a notification of each declaration shall be inserted is
the Gazette as soon
as practicable after the making thereof. A copy of the Gazette containing
such
notification shall be conclusive evidence of such declaration, and of the
fact that such
house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel subject nevertheless to
appeal as.
hereinafter provided.
appeatfromeacla 21. Any person'aggrieved or affected by any such
declaration may within ten
an a ef~'~o'n days from the date of the notification thereof in the
Gazette, or at any time by leave
of snriYYUSry...-
,rurtadlcttou . .. .: of the Judje of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction
appeal from the decision of Me
Registrar General to the said Judge and the Re. istrar General shall upon
notice 'ol'
URDINANCF, - No. 10 or 1 887.
Contagious Diseases.
such appeal forthwith transmit to the said Judge the notes of the
evidence taken by,
him during such investigation and upon which such declaration shall have
been made,
and for the purposes of such appeal sUll take and transmit in manner
aforesaid such
further evidence as the said Judge shall direct and the said minutes and
further
evidence if any shall be laid before the said Judge who n:ay confirm the
said declara-
tion or may order in writing the same to be cancelled.
25. Any person who shall appear, act, or behave himself as the person
having who al,au;b_e
the care or management of any unlicensed brothel shall be deemed and
taken to be
the keeper thereof and shall be liable to be punished as such
notwithstanding he may
not in fact be the keeper thereof.
26. Every woman who shall reside in, frequent, or be found in an
unlicensed
brothel for the purposes of prostitution shall upon proof thereof to the
satisfaction of
the Registrar General [' a .'lfagisIrate' as amended by Ordinance No. 2
of 1876] be liable
to a fine not exceeJina $50 or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
two months.
2'7. Every keeper of a-ii unlicensed brothel shall be liable for the
first offence to
a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment with or without hard labor
for a term
not exceeding three months, fur the se,;ond offence to a fine not
exceeding $200 or to
imprisonment with or without hard labor for a term not exceeding six
months, and for
& third and any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding 1500 or to
imprisonment
with or without hard labor fur a term not exceeding twelve months,
provided always
that it shall be lawful for the Rejistrcr General ['a Magistrate' as
amended by,Ordinanca
No. 2 of 1876] to punish such offender both by fine and imprisonment if
he shall think,
28. Whenever any house or part.of a house shall have been twice declared.
by the
Registrar General to be an unlieensed brothel it shall be lawful for him
by warrant
.under his band to remove all the inmates. of such house or part of a
house as the case
may be and to close up the same and such house or part of a house shall
not be re.
inhabited unless the Re.istrar General shall be satisfied that the same
will be occupied
in a proper and legal manner and not as an unlicensed brothel, or unless
the Governor
shall otherwise direct and permit; and every person knowingly
re-inhabiting any house
or part of a house so closed up as aforesaid without the permission of
the Governor or
of the Registrar General shall be liable to a fine not exceeain ; $300 or
to imprisonment
with or without hard labor for arty term nut excee,ling six mouths.
29. Nothing herein contained shall as regards unlicensed brothels affect
any Saving otuther
remedies.
other remedies applicable by the laws in force in the Colony for the time
being for the
suppression thereof.
deemed ksor.o,
et an mlcenae~
brothel,
women, residing
in or frequentlig
unlicensed
brothels for
purposes of
proatitntlon,
Penalty for
keeping
unlicensed
brothel.
declared to be
need as an
unlicensed
brothel maybe
closed up.
Outdoor Prostitution.
X30. Every woman who doll be found in any street, road, m;xtshed,
womautoun(rin street, &e.
or other place within one guile. of any district for the purposes of per
purposes
3
.o~rprostitu-
L tioA liable to
ytr;c~. _ dine and im-
pgonment.
ril
~t
womanfound
,;yn~- n. - - on board any
°- - 'nn k, &c. for
1
purposes of
Ftitution
'T'
froble to fine
x
ailfl imprison.
~ meat:
3,
' Nzson in
eF
r .Charge of
- juil~ c: in
w~ii~ ,` Oman
n;; four' x o
13uTtioses of
rj = prostltuti.on
7 liable to
fine and im-
prisonment,
and junk, Ste.
to forfeiture.
Constable
authorized to
arrest without
warrant
persons found
offending and
to seize Junk,
&c.
vppointiheat of
Inspector of
Hospitals and
visiting
PORGY to
Governor to
prqvide
hospital$.
Snperiatoadeat
of Hospital.
Power to make
,regulations for
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 186T.'
Contagious Diseases.
prostitution shall be liable to . a penalty not exceedin$25, or to be'
imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or without
bard labor.
X31. Every woman who shall be found on board of any junk, boat,
sampan, or craft of any kind or description within Colonial Waters, for
the
purposes of prostitution shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding `W5,
or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or
without hard labor.
X32. Every person apparently in charge of any junk, boat, sampan,.;
or craft when any woman shall be found therein for the purposes of
prostitution shall be liable to the same penalties as in the last
preceding
section mentioned and in addition thereto such junk, boat, sampan, or
craft, may on proof of any woman having been found therein for the
purposes aforesaid be forfeited to the Crown.
. *33. It shall be lawful for any constable belon0-ina to the Police.
Force to take into custody without warrant any person in any manner
offending against the three last preceding sections and to seize, detain
and,
take possession of any junk, boat, sampan, or craft in which any woman
shall be found for the purposes aforesaid.
Inspector of Hospitals and Surgeons.
34. An Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons shall be appointed
whose.
respective duties shall from time to time be defined by the Governor.
Until the
Governor shall otherwise direct and during any vacancy the Colonial
Surgeon shall be
Inspector o£ Hospitals.
Hospitals.
35. The Governor may from time to time provide any buildings or parts of
buildings as hospitals for the purposes of this Ordinance and the fact of
such buildings
or parts of buildings being so provided shall be notified in the Gazette.
A copy of the.
Gazette containing any such notification shall be conclusive evidence
thereof.
36. A superintendent shall be appointed for each hospital who shall have
the
control and management thereof, subject nevertheless to the directions of
the Inspector
of Hospitals and to any regulations made and approved under this
Ordinance in respect
thereof.
3'7. The Inspector of Hospitals shall make regulations for the management
and'
government of every hospital as far as regards women authorized by this
Ordinance to
be detained therein for medical treatment or being therein under medical
treatment
for a contagious disease such regulations not being inconsistent with the
provisions of
~` Sections 30 to 33 inclusive are repealed by Ordinance No. Il of 1890,
the coming into force
of trhich Ordinance is suspended until Her Majesty's confirmation is
signified.
ORDINANCE No.: 10 0F 186?.
Contagious Diseases.
This Ordinance and may from time to time alter any such regulations; but
all such
regulations and all alterations thereof shall be subject to the approval
in writing of
the Governor in Council.
38. A printed copy of regulations purporting to be regulations of a
hospital 60 Evidence of
regulations.
approved such copy being signed by the Inspector of Hospitals shall be
evidence of the
regulations of the hospital and of the due making and approval thereof
for the purposes
of this Ordinance.
39. Every woman detained in a hospital shall during the period of such
detention acre and
treatment of
be carefully provided for and furnished free of expense to her with
lodging, clothing, inwom detained
and food.
40. The expenses which may be incurred in or about the treatment o£ any
prostitute detained in a hospital as specified in the last preceding
section shall be a
debt due to the Crown and payable by the keeper of the brothel or by the
beeper or
person apparently in charge of the house wherein such person may have
been residing.
The same in case of non-payment may be sued for and recovered from such
keeper or
person by the Registrar General, or other duly authorized officer,
subject nevertheless
-to the provisions in the next section contained.
41. No keeper of a licensed brothel shall be liable to such payment
unless the
amount thereof shall have been certified under the hand of the Visiting
Surgeon to b©
in accordance with a scale of charges to be from time to time fixed by
the Inspector of
.Hospitals with the approval of the Governor and such certificate shall
be evidence of
the duo making arid approval of such scale of charges for tile purposes
of this Ordinance
and of all other facts therein certified.
42. In case the keeper of a licensed brothel shall refuse or neglect ~ to
pay to
tile Registrar General the amount due to the Crown and payable by him in
respect of
such expenses as aforesaid within three days after the service upon him
of a notice in
that behalf or within such further period as the Registrar General may
allow the licence
granted to such keeper in respect of such brothel shall from the
expiration of the said
three days or such further period as aforesaid be suspended until such
payment shall
have been made or recovered, and the provisions of section 17 as to the
recovery of
fines shall be applicable to the recovery of the said amount.
Medical Examination.
43. Every inmate of a licensed brothel shall be liable at all times to
medical
~~eaamination by a Visiting Surgeon,in such brothel or at such hospital
as lie shall direct',
44. Where an information on oath is laid before the Registrar General, by
the
,Superintendent or an Inspector of Police charging to the effect that the
informant has
;good cause to believe that a woman therein named is a common prostitute,
and is
resident within a district of Victoria or if not being so resident has
within fourteen
1:xpeYises' of
treatment of
women in
hospitals.
Amount to be
certified by
Visiting
Surgeon..
In case of non-
payment licence
to become void
and amount
recoverable front
householder.
Inmates of
licensed brothels
at all times liable
to medical
examination.
On information
the Registrar
General .may -. .
issue notice to. :'_
common.
prostitute. - -
ORDINANCE N©. W oF 140.
Contagious diseases.
days before the .laying of the information been 'within a district of
Victoria or within
the harbor thereof for the purpose of prostitution the. Registrar General
may if he
thinks fit issue a notice thereof addressed to such woman which notice
the Superintend-
ent or Inspector of Police shall cause to be served on her.
415. In either of the following cases namely:-
rower to
Registrar
General to order
Perioatear 1st. If the woman on whom such a. notice is served appears
herself or by some
medical
.examination, person on her behalf at the time and place appointed in the
notice or at
some other time and place appointed by adjournment;
2nd. If she does not appear and it is shown to the satisfaction of the
Registrar
General that the notice was served on her a reasonable time before the
time appointed fur her appearance or that reasonable notice of such
adjournment was given to her (as the case may be) ;
the Registrar General on oath being made before him substantiating the
matter of the
information to his satisfaction may if he tbink fit order that tie woman
be subject to
a periodical medical examination by a Visiting Surgeon for any period not
exceeding
one year for the purpose of ascertaining at the time of each such
examination whether
she is affected with a contagious disease and thereupon she shall be
subject to such a
periodical medical examination and the order, shall be a sufficient
warrant for a Visiting
Surgeon to conduct such examination accordingly.
The order shall specify the time and place at which the woman shall
attend for
the first examination.
The Superintendent of Police shall cause a copy of the order to be served
on the
woman.-
'Power tto make 48. The Governor in Council may from time to time make
regulations respecting
teghtationa as to
j medical eaamt. the times and places of medical examinations under this
Ordinance, and generally res-
nations.
petting the arrangements for the conduct of those examinations; and a
copy of all such
regulations from time to time in force shall he sent to the Registrar
General, the
Inspector of Hospitals, the Visiting Surgeons, and the Superintendent of
Police.
VisitingSurgeon 47. The Visiting Surgeon having regard to the regailations
aforesaid and to the
to rescri
timpes, &ebo circumstances of each case shall at the fiist examination of
each woman examined by
him and afterwards from time to time as occasion requires prescribe the
times and
places at which she is required to attend again for examination and he
shall from time
to time give or cause to be given to each such woman notice of the times
and places so
prescribed.
Volpntaryaph - 48. Any woman may voluntarily by a submission in writing
signed by her in the
mission
woman.by presence of and attested by the Registrar General subject herself
to a periodical medical
examination under this Ordinance for any period not exceeding one year.
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1867:
.Contagious Diseases.
Detention in Hospital.
49. If on any medical examination under this Ordinance the woman examined
is Certiticateof
Visiting Surgeon.
found to be affected with a contagious disease she shall thereupon .be
liable to be
detained in a hospital subject and'according to the provisions of this
Ordinance and
a Visiting Surgeon shall sign a certificate to the effect that she is
affected with a con.
tagious disease naming the bospital in which she is to be placed. Such
certificate sl;all
be sent to the Registrar General and the woman shall be detained in such
bospital
until discharged therefrom as in the nest succeeding section mentioned or
under the
provisions of section 51 of this Ordinance.
60. Where a woman certified by a Visiting Surgeon to be affected with a
contagious
disease is placed as aforesaid in a hospital for medical treatment she
shall be detained
there for the purpose by a Visiting Surgeon until discharged by him by
writing under
his hand.
The certificate of a Visiting Surgeon shall be sufficient authority for
such detention.
bl. The Inspector of Hospitals may if in any case it seems to him
expedient bypo`anrto er es rti--
ordera transfer in writing signed by him direct the transfer of any woman
detained in a hospital fled hostitnl.
for medical treatment from tbat hospital to another named in the order.
Every such order shall be sent to the Registrar General and shall also be
sufficient
authority for the Superintendent of Police or any person acting under his
order to
transfer the woman to whom it relates from the one bospital to the other
and to place
her there for medical treatment and she shall be detained there for that
purpose by the
Visiting Surgeon until discharged by him by writing under his hand,
The order of the inspector of Hospitals shall be sufficient authority for
such
detention.
62. Provided always that no woman shall be detained under any one
certificate tim'anon of
dete..tton.
for a longer tune than three months unless the Visiting Surgeon certify
that herfurtber
detention for medical treatment is requisite in wbicb case she may be
further detained
in the hospital in which she is at the expiration of the said period of
three months by
the Visiting Surgeon until disebarged by him by writing under his hand.,
53. If any woman detained in any hospital considers herself entitled to
be for -ate apply,
discharged therefrom and the Visiting Surgeon refuses to discharge her
such woman
shall on her request be couvey ed before the Registrar. General [' a.
Magistrate' as amended
by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 and he shall if satisfied upon mediml
examination that
he is free from a contagious disease discharge her from such hospital and
such order
.of discharge shall have the same effect as the discharge of the Visiting
Surgeon.
Dotentton in
hospital.
.Refusal to be Examined, &c.
54. In the following cases, namely:-
(1.) If any woman who is the inmate of.a licensed brothel or who is
subjected efnsalltooDe
by order of the Registrar General under this Ordinance to periodical
examined, &C.
Effect n£ order
of imprisonment
for quitting
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ORDINANCE No. 10 of 18f7:
Contagious Diseases.
medical examination at any time, temporarily absents herself in order-
to avoid submitting herself to such examination on any occasion on
which she ought so to submit herself or refuses or wilfully neglects to-
submit herself to such examination on any such occasion;
If any woman authorized by this Ordinance to be detained in a hospital.
for medical treatment quits the hospital without being discharged
therefrom by the Visiting Surgeon by writing under his hand (the proof
whereof shall lie on the accused);
(3.) If any woman authorized by this Ordinance to be detained in a
hospital
for medical treatment or any woman being in a hospital under medical
treatment for a contagious disease refuses or wilfully neglects while in
the hospital to conform to the regulations thereof made and approved
under this Ordinance;
then and in every such case such woman shall be guilty of an offence
against this Ordi-
nance and on summary conviction shall be liable to imprisonment with or
without hard
labor in the case of a first offence for any term not exceeding one
month, and in a case
of a second or any subsequent offence for any term not exceeding three
months and in
ease of the offence of quitting the hospital without being discharged as
aforesaid the
woman may be taken into custody without warrant by any constable.
55, If any woman is convicted of and imprisoned for the offence of
absentiug:-
lierself or of refusing or neglecting to submit herself to examination as
aforesaid the
order subjecting her to periodical medical examination shall be in force
after and
notwithstanding her imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed
under this-
Ordinance at the time of her discharge from imprisonment certifies in
writing to the
effect that she is then free from 'a contagious disease (the proof of
which certificate
shall lie on her) and in that case the order subjecting her to periodical
medical
examination shall on her discharge from imprisonment cease to operate.
!j$, If any woman is convicted of and imprisoned for the offence of
quitting a.
hospital without being discharged or of refusing or neglecting while in a
hospital to
conform to the regulations thereof as' aforesaid the certificate of the
Visiting Surgeon
under which she was detained in the hospital shall continue in force and
on the
expiration of her term of imprisonment she shall be sent back from the
prison to that
hospital and shall (notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance) be
detained there
under that certificate as if it were given on the day of the expiration-
of her term of
imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed under this Ordinance at
the tune of
her discharge from imprisonment certifies in writing to the effect that
she is then free
from a contagious disease (the proof of which certificate shall lie on
her) and in that
case the certificate under which she was detained and the order
subjecting her to
periodical medical examination shall on her discharge from imprisonment
cease to
ORDINA\CE No. 10 of 1867:
Contagious Diseases.
5'7. If on any woman leaving a hospital a notice is given to her by the
Visiting
-Surgeon to the effect that she is still affected with a contagious
disease and she is after-
wards in any place for the purpose of prostitution without having
previously received
from one of the Visiting Surgeons appointed under this Ordinance a
certificate in
writing (proof of which certificate shall lie on her) to the effect that
she is then free
from a contagious disease she shall be guilty of an offence against this
Ordinance and
-on summary conviction before tjte Registrar General ['a3Tagistrate' as
amended
by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876,] shall be liable to be imprisoned with or
without hard labor
in the case of a first offence for any term not exceeding one month and
in the case of a
second or any subsequent offence for any term not exceeding three months.
Duration of Order.
58. Every order under this Ordinance subjecting a lvoman to periodical
medical
examination shall be in operation and enforceable in manner in this
Ordinance pro-
vided so long as and whenever from time to time the woman to whom it
relates is
within the Colony but not in any case for a louder period than one year
and where
the Visiting Surgeon on the discharge by him of any woman from the
hospital certifies
that she is free from a contagious disease (proof of which certificate
shall lie on leer)
the order subjecting her to periodical medical examination sliall
thereupon cease to
operate.
Relief from Examination.
59: If any woman subjected to a periodical medical examination under.
e,his
Ordinance (either on her own submission or under the order of the
Registrar General)
desiring to be relieved therefrom and not being under detention in a
hospital makes
:application in writing in that behalf to the Registrar General he shall
appoint by
notice in writing a time and place for the hearing of the application and
shall cause
the notice to be delivered to the applicant and a copy of the application
and of the
notice to be delivered to the Superintendent of Police.
60. If on the bearing of the application it is shown to the satisfaction
of the
Registrar General that the applicant has ceased to be a common prostitute
or if the
applicant with the approval of the Registrar General enters into a
recognizance with or
without sureties as to the Registrar General seems meet for her good
behaviour during
three months thereafter the Registrar General shall order that ,she be
relieved from
periodical medical examination.
61. Every such recognizance shall be deemed to be forfeited if at any
time during rnrfeiture of
recognizance by,
the term for which it is entered into the woman to whom it relates is in
any public return to proe-
tltution;
thoroughfare street or place or in any junk, boat, sampan or craft fox
the purpose of
prostitution or otherwise conducts herself as a common prostitute:
Penalty on
woman dis.
charged nneRre(I
conducting
herself as A
prostitute.
Order to operate
whenever from
time to time the
woman is within
the Colony but
not for more
than one year.
Application fur
relief from
examination.
Order for relief
nom examina-
tion on discon-
tinuance of.
prostitution.'
ORDINANCE .No. l0:og 1867.
Contagious Diseases:
Penalties for Harboring.
i~ouaiay,ror 62. If any person being the occupier of any house, room or
place or being a
permitting
diseased prosti- manager or assistant in the mauagemeut thereof having
reasonable cause to believe-
tnto to res~ Ct t0
any house for any woman to be a common prostitute and to be affected with
a contagious disease
prnetttatton.
induces or suffers her to resort to or be in that house, room or place
fir the purpose of.
prostitution he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and
on summary
couvicLiun thereof before the Registrar General shall be liable to a
penalty not exceed--
iug $100 or at the discretion .,f the Registrar General P a Magistrate'
as amended by,
Ordinance No. 2 of 18710] to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six
months with.
or without hard labor.
Seamen and Boarding Houses for Seamen.
xeepere of g$, ],very keeper of a licensed boarding house for seamen shall
furnish to the-
iicensedbnardin~
~a ei,~`~farnteh Harbor Master, once in every week, a list of seamen then
resident in his house, and
Harbor Master shall report in such list as to the state of health of each
seaman so far as he may be
with wqekly hats of tbo seamen
resident in their able to ascertain the same; and every seaman who may be
reported or may be otherwise,
houses, and
report theiretata - discovered to be affected with a contaZgious disease,
shall be removed by warrant under
of health.
Diseased seaman the hand of the Harbor Master to a hospital, where he
shall be kept until be be, by
to be removed to
w hospital, the Visiting Surgeon thereof, discharged as cured, and shall
have obtained from such
Visiting Surgeon a certificate of his having been so discharged wl,i--h
certificate ho shall,
produce and spew to the Harbor Master when required so to do; and the
expenses
which may be incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of any
such
seaman in such hospital, shell be a debt due to the Crown, and shall be
paid by such:
seaman; or, in case of the keeper of the .boarding house in which such
seaman shall
have resided before his removal to hospital not having reported, or
having made a false-
reporb as to the state of health of such seaman, thin such expenses shall
be paid by
such boarding house keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified
by, the Visiting Surgeon of the hmspital to which such seaman may be
removed, that the disease with
which he may be affected is of such a nature as that the keeper of the
boarding house
could, with ordinary and reasonable observation, have ascertained its
existence;' and
in all cases such expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and
recovered by'
the Harbor Master on behalf o£ the hospital. (Repealed by Ordinance No. 8
of 1879.a
hennlty for 64. If any seaman affected with a contagious disease, and
reported so to be by
otPeeing any
obstruction to the keeper of the boarding house in which such seaman may
be residing, shall refuse,
renmval to
hnapitni. or offer any hindrance or obstruction to his removal to a
hospital; or, having been
removed to a hospital, shall attempt to leave the sumo before he shall be
properly
discharged cured ; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to
produce his
certificate of discharge when required by the Harbor Master authorized to
demand the-
same; or being affected with a contagious disease, shall neglect or
refuse to inform the.
i keeper of the buardiug house in which he may be residing,-thu, and in
every such
case, such seaman so offending shall be liable to be brought before the
Harbor Master.
ORDINANCE No. 10 or, 1867.
Contagious Diseases:
and subjected to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to
imprisonment, with or
without hard labor, for any term not exceeding one month. [Repealed bzj
Ordinance
No. $ of 1879.]
65. The master of any merchant ship, before shipping any seaman, may
require
that such seaman shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon by notice in
writing to
that effect addressed to the Harbor Master or a Visiting Surgeon
appointed in pursuance
of this Ordinance and the Colonial Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon upon
such inspec-
tion is to give a certificate under his hand as to the state of health of
such seaman,
which certificate such seaman is to produce and show to the master of the
ship ill
which he may be about to serve; and for every such certificate there
shall be paid the
fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the master or agent of the ship in case
such seaman
should prove to be in sound health, and by the seaman himself or the
boarding house
keeper with whom be shall be residing in case be shall prove to be
affected with any
contagious disease; such fee to be received by the Harbor Master, and in
case of non-
payment to be sued for and recovered by biln, and paid into the Colonial
Treasury for
the purposes of this Ordinance. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
Expenses of Execution of Ordinance.
Masters of ships.
before shipping
seamen may
require them to
undergo medical,
inspection.
66. All fines imposed and levied for offences against this Ordinance and
all fees Fines and teem
levied and
and payments collected under the provisions thereof shall be appropriated
to the collected to forav
a general fund.
formation of a general fund for the purposes of this Ordinance.
Appointment of Officers, Bye-Laws, Regulations, &c.
67. The Governor shall from time to time appoint all officers employed in
carry-
ing out the provisions of this Ordinance and the duties and salaries of
all such officers
shall be regulated from time to time by the Governor in Council.
g$, The Governor in Council may from time to time make such regulations
and Power to
Governor in
bye-laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the
provisions of this council
Ordinance and for the control of licensed brothels.
69. No such regulations or bye-laws shall take effect until seven days
after the
publication thereof in the Gazette, and a copy of the Gazette containing
such publica-
tion shall be conclusive evidence of such regulations or bye-laws.
Procedure.
70. The place in which the Registrar General shall sit in discharge of
his duties
shall be such place as may from time to time, be appointed for that
purpose by the
Governor, [and the place in which any proceeding under this Ordinance
before the Registrar
General or on appeal shall take place, shall not, unless the person
accused or affected by each
proceeding so desires, be deemed an. open CouA and unless such person
otherwise desires the
-Registrar General, the Magistrates, or the Judge of the Court of Summary
Jurisdiction as
the case may be, may order that no person have access to or bP or remain
in that place without
permission. Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876.
Power to
Governor to
appoint all
officers.
Bye-laws to take
effect seven days
after publication
in Gazette.
Place of proceed-
ing before Re-
gistrar General
to be flied by
Governor and
shall not be in
open Court unless
by desire ofparty
affected.
ORDINANCE No. 10 0-F 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
' 71. Every person violating the provisions of thin Ordinance or of any
regulation
or bye-law made in pursuance thereof shall he guilty of a misdemeanor and
except
where otherwise provided by this Ordinance or by any regulations or
bye-laws made
as aforesaid shall be liable on summary conviction before the Registrar
General [°°a
.Magistrate,' as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 18%6] to a fine not
exceeding $200 or to
imprisonment with or without hard labor for any term not exceeding six
months.
72. The forms of certificates, orders and other instruments given in the
schedule
to this Ordinance or forms to the line effect with such variations and
additions as
circumstances require may be used for the purposes therein indicated and
according
to the directions therein contained and instruments in those forms shall
gas regards
the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
73. In any proceeding under this Ordinance every notice, order,
certificate, copy
of regulations, or other instrument shall be presumed to have been duly
signed by the
person and in the character by whom and in which it purports to be signed
until the
contrary is shown.
74. Every notice, order, or other instrument by this Ordinance required
to be
served on a woman shall be served by delivery thereof to some person for
her at her
usual place of abode or by delivery thereof to her personally.
76. For the purpose of regulating appeals under this Ordinance, the Judge
of the
Court of Summary Jurisdiction and the Magistrates respectively shall
frame rules,
orders and forms, and may from time to time amend such rules, orders or
forms, and
such rules, orders and forms or amended rules, orders or forms certified
under the hand
of the said Judge or under the hands of the said Magistrates as the case
may be shall
be submitted to the Legislative Council who may allow, disallow or alter
the same.
'l8. Any action, plaint ox prosecution against. any person for anything
done in
pursuance or execution or intended execution of this Ordinance or of any
regulations
or bye-laws made in pursuance thereof shall be commenced within three
months after
the throb done and not otherwise.
Notice in writing of every such action or plaint and of the cause thereof
shall be
given to the intended defendant one month at least before the
commencement of the
action or plaint.
In any such action or plaint the defendant may plead enerally ox set up
by way
of special defence that the act complained of was done in pursuance or
execution or
intended execution of this Ordinance or of any such regulati;:i: or
bye-law as aforesaid
and give this Ordinance and such regulation or bye-law and the special
matter in
evidence at any trial to be had thereupon.
The plaintiff shall not recover if tender of sufficient amends is made
before action
or plaint brought or if after action or plaint brought a sufficic;;t sum
of money is paid
into Court by or on behalf of the defendant.
ORDINANCE .loo, vU oF1867.
Contagious Diseases.
If a verdict passes or decree is given for the defendant or the plaintiff
becomes
nonsuit or discontinues the action after issue joined or if on demurrer
or otherwise
judgment is given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his
full costs and
shall have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law for
costs in other
cases.
Thou?h a verdict or decree i3 given for the plaintiff he shall not have
costs against
the defendant unless the Judge before whom the trial is had certifies his
approbation
of the action or plaint.
SCHEDULES.
(Gazette Notice of Appointments.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 186?.'
His Excellency the Governor his been pleased to appoint [ ] to be
under the above mentioned Ordinance.
13y Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hon,gkoug, [date].
(Notification of Hospital.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEAfE9 ORDINANCE, 186i.'
Colonial Scereta.ry.
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance it is hereby notified that
His Excellency the
Governor has provided the following building (or part of a building)
wmely [here describe the same,
gmeerally] as a hospital for the purposes of this Ordinance.
By Order, -
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, [date].
Hongkong The information of [
to wit. this . dap of
cause to believe that
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Colonaial Secretary.
] Superintendent [or Inspector] of Police taken
18 - before the undersigned who says he has good,
] is a common prostitute and (is resident
within a district of Victoria that is to say [state address] ) (or 'was
within 14 days before the -layiilg
of this information within a district of Victoria or within the harbor
thereof for the purpose of
prostitution.')
Taken and sworn before me the day and year first above mentioned.
(Signed).:.
?eyistrar General.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1$67.
Contagious Diseases.
(Notice for attendance of Woman.)
'TIiE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
To A.B. of
Take notice that an information a copy whereof is subjoined hereto has
been laid before me and that
in accordance with the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinance the
truth of the statements therein
contained will be inquired into before me at
on the day of 18 at o'clock in the noon.
You are therefore to appear before me at that place and time and to
answer to what is stated in the
said information.
You may appear yourself or by any person on your behalf.
If you do not appear you may be ordered without further notice to be
subject to a periodical
medical examination by the Visiting Surgeon under the said Ordinance.
If you prefer it, you may by a submission in writing signed by you in my
presence and attested by
me subject yourself to such a periodical examination.
If you do so before the time above iappointed for your appearance it will
not be necessary for you
to appear before me
Dated this day of
(Subjoin Copy of Information.)
(Order subjecting Women to .Examination.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
(Signed)
Hongkong) Be it remembered, that on the
to wit. ~ in pursuance of the avove mentioned Ordinance, I,
Registrar General.
day of
do order that A. B., of
be subject to a periodical medical examination by the Visiting Surgeon for
months from this day, for the purpose of ascertaining at the time of each
such examination whether
she is affected with a contagious disease within the meaning of the said
Ordinance, and that she do attend
for the first examination at on the day of at o'clock in
the noon.
I, d. &., of
(Signed,)
( Voluntary Submission to Examination.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Registrar General.
in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, by this submiaion,
voluntarily subjebt myself to a periodical medical examination by a
Visiting Surgeon for
months from the date hereof.
Dated this
Witness,
Registrar Gtneral.
clay of
(Signed,) A.B.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1667.
Contagious Diseases.
(Notice by Visiting Surgeon to Woman of Times, 4-e., of Examination..)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867:'
To 1.B. of
Take notice, that in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, you are
required to attend for
medical examination as follows:
[here state times and places of examination.]
Dated this day of 18
' (Signed,) E.1.,
Trisiting surgeon.
(Certificate rf Visiting Surgeon)
'THE CONTAGIOI7S DISEASES ORDINANCE, IHG7:'
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, I hereby certify that T
have this day examined
A. B. of , and that she is affected with a contagious disease within the
meaning
of that Ordinance ; and the hospital in which she is to he placed under
the said Ordinance is the
Dated this day of 18
(Signed,) E. F
V,isitinp rfurgcon.
(Order Ly Inspectn2amfer.)
`° THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
By virtue of the power in this behalf vested in me by the above mentioned
Ordinance, I hereby
-order that A.B. of , now detained under that Ordinance in the hospital of
for med ical treatment, be transferred thence to the hospital of
Dated this
day of
18
(Signed,) M.N.,
Inspector of hospitals.
(Certificate for Detention beyond Three llontlts.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, lss7.'
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the further detention for medical
treatment of A.B. of
now an inmate of this hospital, is requisite.
Dated this day of 78 , at the hospital.
(Signed,) M.N.,
Visiting Surgeon,
(Dischargefrom Ziospital.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, I hereby discharge A.B. of,
from this hospital [add a;cmding to tlae fact, and certify that she is
now free from a contagious disease..]
Dated this day of 18 , at the Hospital.
(Signed,) G.FL,
Visiting Surgeon.
ORDINANCE, No.. 10 ~ of 1$67.
Contagious Diseases.
(G&tificutc on Discharge from Imprisonment.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Whereas under the above mentioned Ordinance A.13. of , was on the day of
convicted of the offence of and has since been imprisoned for that
olfcnce in and is now discharged from imprisonment therein: Now in
pursuance
of the said Ordinance I hereby certify that she is now free from a
contagious disease.
Dated this
fro A.If.
(Notice to Woman leaving Hospital.)
'TH1: CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
(Signed,) R.O.,
Visiting Surgeon.
As you are now leaving this hospital, I hereby, in pursuance of the above
mentioned Ordinance,
giv<-~ yon notice that, yon ore still affected with a contagious disease.
Dated. this day of 18
Note-The above mentioned Ordinance provides as follows:-
If :my woman leaving a hospital a notice [set out section of Ordinance,]
(Cnrti;/icute nn last foregoing Airtioo or Copy.)
`TIiE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1861.'
(Signed,) G.IL,
Visiting Svrgeon.
In pursuance of the within mentioned Ordinance, 1 hereby certify that the
within uarrv:d woman is.
now free from a contagious disease.
Dated this day of 18 .
(Signed,) I;.F.,
(application to he relieved front Ig,rg.ntinatiorrs.)
`THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Visiting isrurgeon.
'fo L.IU., Esq., Registrar General.
I, X1.13. of , being in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance,
subject to
periodical medical examination on my own submission [ur under your order,
as the case nbay be.]
,
dated the day of , do hereby apply to be relieved therefrom.
Dated this day of 18 .
(Signed,) A. B.
Witness, G. 1T:
Contagious Diseases.
No. 10 of 1867.
(Q.)
(Notification in Gazette that a House is declared an Ualicensed Brothel.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1561.'
It is hereby notified that the house [or part of a house] hereinafter
mentioned that. is to -ay
[describe the same] was on the clay of 1S , pursuant to
section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my hand and seal
of office to be an unlicensed
brothel.
Registrar General.
day of ,
-and that the charges hereto marked A. are in accordance with the scale
of chargers fixed by me with tl;c
approval of His Excellency the Governor pursuant to section 41 of the
above mcnLioneU Ordinance.
Dated this clay of
l1eapcetnr of TTnalritcd.e.
[Confiirmation proclaznZed 8th April, 1868: (Gazette 11th of same month.)
All repecded
by Ordinance No. 19 of 1889 except sections 30 to 33 inclusive. Sections
30 to 33 .~.
repealed by and on the coming into operatzola of Ordinance No. X1 of
1890.1
..,
NOTE.-For rules and bye.laws for control of licensed brothels under
section 78 of the 30th
December, 1873, see Gazette of the 3rd Tanuary, 1874.
For regulations as to the Lock Hospital &c., of the 14th October, 1875, see
Gazette of the 6th November, 1875.
955
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
'Contagious disease.'
'District.'
'Superintendend of Police.'
'Householder' and 'Agent.'
'Keeper of a Licensed Brothel.'
'Inmate of a Licensed Brothel.'
Suspending clause.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 12 of 1857.
Power of Registrar General.
956
Power of appeal to the two Magistrates.
Registrar General may grant brothel licences.
No licensed brothel to be kept in a house, &c., where any trade is carried on.
Cancellation or suspension of licence.
A register of licensed brothels to be kept.
Keeper of licensed brothel to exhibit and to furnish to the Registrar General a list of inmates.
957
Penalty in case of any person being infected in a licensed brothnel.
Penalty in case of a person infecting any inmate of a licensed brothel.
Penalty for allowing any child under the age of 15 to be in a licensed brothel.
Inspection of licensed brothels.
Keeper of licensed brothel to reside therein and appoint substitute during absence.
Recovery of fines on keeper of regisered brothel.
Fees payable for a brothel licence.
No unlicnesed brothels to be kept.
958
Power to enter or break into houses suspected of being unlicensed brothels.
Investigation by Registrar General as to suspected brothel.
Notice of such investigation.
Declaration by Registrar General that a house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel.
Appeal from such declaration to Judge of Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
959
Who shall be deemed keeper of an unlicnesed brothel.
Penalty on women residing in or frequenting unlicensed brothels for purposes of prostitution.
Penalty for keeping unlicnesed brothel.
Premises twice declared to be used as an unlicensed brothel may be closed up.
Saving of other remedies.
Woman found in street, &c. for purposes.
960
of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonments.
Woman found on board any junk, &c. for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment.
Person in charge of junk, &c. in which woman found for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment, junk, &c. to forfeiture.
Constable authorized to arrest without warrant persons found offending and to seize junk, &c.
Appointment of Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons.
Power to Governor to provide hospitals.
Superintendent of Hospital.
Power to make regulations for hospitals.
961
Evidence of regulations.
Care annd treatment of women detained in hospital.
Expenses of treatment of women in hospitals.
Amount to be certified by Visitng Surgeon.
In case of non-payment licence to become void and amount recoverable from householder.
Inmates of licensed brothels at all times liable to medical examination.
On information the Registrar General may issue notice to common prostitute.
962
Power to Registrar General to order periodical medical examination.
Power to make regulations as to medical examinations.
Visiting Surgeon to prescribe times, &c.
Voluntary submission by woman.
963
Certificate of Visiting Surgeon.
Detention in hospital.
Power to transfer to another certified hospital.
Limitation of detention.
Power to apply for discharge.
Penalty for refusal to be examined, &c.
964
Effect of order of imprisonment for absence, &c., from examination.
Effect of order of imprisonment for quitting hospital, &c.
965
Penalty on woman discharged uncured conducting herself as a prostitute.
Order to operate whenever from time to time the woman is within the Colony but not for more than one year.
Application for relief from examination.
Order for relief from examination on discontinuance of prostitution.
Forfeiture of recognizance by return to prostitution.
966
Penalty for permitting diseased prostitute to resort to any house for prostitution.
Keepers of licensed boarding houses for seamen to furnish Harbor Master with weekly lists of the seamen resident in their houses, and report their state of health.
Diseased seamen to be removed to a hospital.
Penalty for offering any obstruction to removal to hospital.
967
Masters of ships before shipping seamen may require them to undergo medical inspection.
Fines and fees levied and collected to form a general fund.
Power to Governor to appoint all officers.
Power to Governor in Council to male bye-laws.
Bye-laws to take effect seven days after publication in Gazette.
Place of proceeding before Registrar General to be fixed by Governor and shall not be in open Court unless by desire of party affected.
968
Every offence against this Ordinance a misdemeanor.
Forms in schedule may be used.
Presumption in favor of authenticity of signatures, &c.
Mode of service.
Judge, &c., to frame rules for regulating appeals.
Limitation of actions, &c.
973
Contagious Diseases.
No. 10 of 1867.
An Ordinance for the better Prevention of Contagious Diseases. Iltn~
[23rd July, 1867.
'HEREAS it is expedient to make further provisions calculated to prevent
the Preamble,
spreading of certain contagious diseases: Be it therefore enacted by the
-Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows:-
Preliminary.
I, This Ordinance may be cited as 'The Contagious Diseases Ordinance,
1867:'
2. In this Ordinauce:-
The expression 'Contagious Disease' means venereal disease including
gonorrhoea.
The word 'District' means a district of the City of Victoria as. defined
41 rhatrtet^
by 'The Victoria Registration Ordinance, 1866.'
The expression ' Superintendent of Police' means the Captain
Superin- Superintendent
opce? tendent of Police appointed under Ordinance No. 9 of 1862.
The words 'Householder' and 'Agent' mean a householder and his
' accredited agent as defined by ' The Victoria Registration Ordinance,
1866.'
The expression ' ° Keeper of a Licensed Brothel' means the registered
keeper thereof and any person appointed by a keeper to act. as such
keapen,
during his absence.
The expression 'Keeper of an Unlicensed Brothel' includes the tenant
of the house or part of the house, as the case may be, wherein the same
shall
be kept. ,
The expression `1 Inmate of a Licensed Brothel' means any female residing
in such brothel.
$.^This Ordinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's
confirmation
-thereof shall have been proclaimed in this Colony by the Governor. ,
4. Ordinance No. 12 of 1857 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not
affect
the validity or invalidity of anything done or suffered before the
commencement of this
Ordinance and shall not apply to or in respect of any offence, set or
thing committed
or, done or omitted before the commencement of this Ordinance and every
such offence,
actor thing shall after and notwithstanding the commencement of this
Ordinance have
the same consequences and effect in 'all respects as if this Ordinance
had not been
passed,.
~?egisbrar General.
~.. For the purposes of carrying. into effect the provisions of this
Ordinance the
Registrar (leueral shall in ..the first- instance have- exclusive: jr
ciadfetion to hear and
determine all matters except where otherwise specially provided and shall
have full
snort bile.
Interpretation of
terms.
« Contaaaona
disease.
'I Householder'
and NAgent.'
~~Keeper of,a'
Licensed~ c
Broilial:'
e$eejieor sit
imueBased,.,.
44 inmate of a
Licensed
Brothel:'
Suspending
clause.
Repeal of WM_-
nance No. 19 of
1867.
-
ORDINANCE .No. 14 of 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
power to do in addition to the other duties imposed upon him hereby
whatever a Police-
Magistrate is by any Ordinance of this Colony authorized to do. [Repealed
by Ordi-
nance No. 2 of 18?'6.]
Power ofappeal 6. It shall be lawful for any person aggrieved or affected
by any order, decision,.
~gcetr~t a, or proceeding of the Registrar General within the meaning of
this Ordinance other
than and except such proceedings as era authorized by so much thereof as
is contained
between sections 20 and 24 both inclusive, to appeal therefrom to the two
Magistrates.
the decision of whom when sitting together shall be final and conclusive;
Provided
always that no such appeal shall lie unless within three clear days after
the determina-
tion by the Registrar General of any manor in respect of which an appeal
is hereby
allowed application shall have been made to him to state and sign a case
setting forth
the facts of the matter and the ground of his determination; and upon
every such
appeal the Registrar General shall transmit the depositions or minutes of
evidence'
taken by hint to the two Magistrates who may take such further evidence
as they shall
think fit. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876.
Registrar
General rosy
9Mnt brothel
ltconcoa.
No licensed
broth,-1 to be
kept in n house,
Scc., where any
trade !a carried
on.
cancellation or
suspension of
licence.
A register of
Accused brothels
to ha kept.
.Licensed Brothels.
7. The Registrar General may g.-ant to any person whom be shall think fit
a
licence to keep a brothel in such district or other locality as the
Governor in Council
tray from tiara to time appoint.
$, No licensed brothel shall be kept in any house in which any trade or
business.
is carried on nor in any house cumlnunicatiug by any passage door or
otherwise with
any house or room in which arty trade or business is carried on.
8. The Registrar General may at any time cancel or suspend a licence.
10. A register of licensed brothels shall be kept in the office of the
Registrar
General who shall cacao to be entered therein:- (l.) The name and address
of every keeper of a licensed brothel.
(2.) The address of every house whereof the whole or any part shall be
occupied or used as a licensed brothel.
(3.) The name and address of the householder of every such house or of the
tenant of every part of such house.
(4.) Any other particulars which the Registrar General may fromtime to
time
deem expedient to be entered in the said register subject nevertheless to
such regulvcions as the Governor in Council may snake.
xeeporor 11. Every keeper of a licensed luothel shall cause a list of the
names and ages of
liconacd brothel
to oxhibitandto the inmates thereof in the English language and also in
such other language as the
furnish to the
Registrar Registrar General may direct. to be- affixed in some conspicuous
place in such brothel
inmates, and shall cause the said list to be altered from time to time as
occasion may require
and shall furnish the Registrar General with a copy of such list and of
all alteration
made therein.
ORDINANCE, No. 10 of 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
12. If any person shall to the satisfaction of the Registrar General ('a
Magistrate' Penalty incase
of any person
as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 be proved to have been infected
with a belnx Infected fix'
a licensed
contagious disease, in any licensed brothel tile beeper thereof shall be
liable to a fine br~tnel.
not exceeding $200 and the inmate thereof who shall have infected such
person as
aforesaid shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six
months.
13. If any person shall to tile satisfaction of the Registrar General ['a
Magistrate' Penmtylneaseoe
a person infecting
as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1878] be proved to have infected with a
contagious any'n'°ate'f a
a licensed brothel.
disease the inmate of any licensed brothel such person shall be liable to
a fine not
ye.ezceeding $200 or to imprisonment for guy term not exceeding six
months.
14. If any child being in the opinion of the Registrar General ['a
Magistrate' as
amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 above eight and under fifteen years of
ago be
found in any licensed brothel the keeper thereof shall be liable to a
fine not exceeding
$100 or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not
exceeding one
month for the first offence, three months for the second offence, and six
mouths for the,
third or any subsequent offence.
15. Every licensed brothel shall be liable to be inspected at all times
by the inspection
Registrar General, the Inspector of Hospitals, the Visiting Surgeons, the
Superintendent
of Police, and any person who may be deputed by them respectively for the
purpose of
such inspection, and every keeper of such brothel and every other person
whomsoever
who shall offer any obstacle or resistance to such inspection shall be
liable to imprison.
went with or without hard labor for any term not exceeding six months or
to a fine
not exceeding $200.
Penalty for allow-
ing nn' c
under theiB of
16tobeina
licensed brothel.
16. Every keeper of a licensed brothel shall reside therein and shall not
absent
himself from the Colony without giving notice to the Registrar General
and appointing
some person to act as keeper thereof during his absence, and in every
case where the
keeper of a licensed brothel shall fail to comply with the requirements
of this section,
the licence granted in respect of such brothel shall become ipso facto
void.
17. The provisions of sections 17, 78, and 19 of 'The Victoria
Registration Recovery offlnes
reg ete ed of
Ordinance, 1866 m shall apply to the recovery of any fine imposed upon
the keeper u£ a brothel.
licensed brothel.
18. Every keeper of a licensed brothel shall pay to the Registrar General
the Fees paYabie for
u brothel licence-
sum of $4 a month during tile continuance of such licence or such other
sum as may
from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council.
Keeper-of
licensed brothel
to reside therein
and appoint
substitute during
absence.
Unlicensed Brothels.
19. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no person shall keep a
brothel No unlicensed
, brothels fobs
unless, the same shall have been licensed and registered as her einbefore
in that behalf., kept.
provided.
7~gTetrar
eneral al-
to suspected
brothel.
ftite of,suph
.01eatiffation.
neolara ion
by Itegtatear
General that a -
house or part of
a house Is au
nnllcenaed
brothel.
ORDINANCE No. -10 414867.
Contagious Diseases.
24. 'whenever the Registrar General or the Superintendent of Police shall
have
reason to suspect that any house or portion of a house is used as an
unlicensed brothel
it shill be lawful for them or either of them and for any constables or
other persons
depnted by them or either of them for the purpose at any time without
warrant to
enter and if necessary to break into such house or portion of a house and
to take into
custody any person who shall appear, act, or behave himself as the person
having the
care or management of such house or portion of a hons3 so s lspected as
aforesaid and
such person shall be brought forthv i~h before the Registrar General [' a
Magistrate' as-
amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876] who may as be shall think fit order
such person
to be discharged from custody or may deal with him or her under the
provisions of
section 21 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858.
21. It shall be lawful for the Registrar, General whenever be shall have
reason to
suspect that a house or a portion of a house is used as an unlicensed
brothel to
institute an investigation with reference thereto and for such purpose or
for the purpose
of any appeal under section 24 to summon in writing before him the
householder or
leis agent and any tenant or occupier of any portion of such house and
all other persons
capable of giving evidence in such matter and to examine them upon oath
touching
the subject of such investigation and any person who shall neglect or
refuse to appear
before the Registrar General at the time and place specified in such
summons or, to
answer all questions which may be put to him in the course of such
examination shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or to be imprisoned with or
without hard labor
for any term not exceeding six months and in the event of his giving
f>ilse testimony
r
in the course of such examination be shall be liable to be tried and
punished for
perjury and for that purpose every such investigation shall be deemed a
judicial
proceeding.
22. The Registrar General shall give notice of such investigation by
advertise-
lnent in the Gazette and also to the parties interested in tile land
whereon such house
shall be situate so far as they can be ascertained by reference to the
records of the Land
Office but the want of such notice shall not invalidate any proceedings.
23. The Registrar General shall take notes of the evidence given during
such
investigation and if be shall be of opinion that such house or part of a
house as aforesaid
is an unlicensed brothel be shall declare the same to be such under his
band and seal
of offit<;e and a notification of each declaration shall be inserted is
the Gazette as soon
as practicable after the making thereof. A copy of the Gazette containing
such
notification shall be conclusive evidence of such declaration, and of the
fact that such
house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel subject nevertheless to
appeal as.
hereinafter provided.
appeatfromeacla 21. Any person'aggrieved or affected by any such
declaration may within ten
an a ef~'~o'n days from the date of the notification thereof in the
Gazette, or at any time by leave
of snriYYUSry...-
,rurtadlcttou . .. .: of the Judje of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction
appeal from the decision of Me
Registrar General to the said Judge and the Re. istrar General shall upon
notice 'ol'
URDINANCF, - No. 10 or 1 887.
Contagious Diseases.
such appeal forthwith transmit to the said Judge the notes of the
evidence taken by,
him during such investigation and upon which such declaration shall have
been made,
and for the purposes of such appeal sUll take and transmit in manner
aforesaid such
further evidence as the said Judge shall direct and the said minutes and
further
evidence if any shall be laid before the said Judge who n:ay confirm the
said declara-
tion or may order in writing the same to be cancelled.
25. Any person who shall appear, act, or behave himself as the person
having who al,au;b_e
the care or management of any unlicensed brothel shall be deemed and
taken to be
the keeper thereof and shall be liable to be punished as such
notwithstanding he may
not in fact be the keeper thereof.
26. Every woman who shall reside in, frequent, or be found in an
unlicensed
brothel for the purposes of prostitution shall upon proof thereof to the
satisfaction of
the Registrar General [' a .'lfagisIrate' as amended by Ordinance No. 2
of 1876] be liable
to a fine not exceeJina $50 or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
two months.
2'7. Every keeper of a-ii unlicensed brothel shall be liable for the
first offence to
a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment with or without hard labor
for a term
not exceeding three months, fur the se,;ond offence to a fine not
exceeding $200 or to
imprisonment with or without hard labor for a term not exceeding six
months, and for
& third and any subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding 1500 or to
imprisonment
with or without hard labor fur a term not exceeding twelve months,
provided always
that it shall be lawful for the Rejistrcr General ['a Magistrate' as
amended by,Ordinanca
No. 2 of 1876] to punish such offender both by fine and imprisonment if
he shall think,
28. Whenever any house or part.of a house shall have been twice declared.
by the
Registrar General to be an unlieensed brothel it shall be lawful for him
by warrant
.under his band to remove all the inmates. of such house or part of a
house as the case
may be and to close up the same and such house or part of a house shall
not be re.
inhabited unless the Re.istrar General shall be satisfied that the same
will be occupied
in a proper and legal manner and not as an unlicensed brothel, or unless
the Governor
shall otherwise direct and permit; and every person knowingly
re-inhabiting any house
or part of a house so closed up as aforesaid without the permission of
the Governor or
of the Registrar General shall be liable to a fine not exceeain ; $300 or
to imprisonment
with or without hard labor for arty term nut excee,ling six mouths.
29. Nothing herein contained shall as regards unlicensed brothels affect
any Saving otuther
remedies.
other remedies applicable by the laws in force in the Colony for the time
being for the
suppression thereof.
deemed ksor.o,
et an mlcenae~
brothel,
women, residing
in or frequentlig
unlicensed
brothels for
purposes of
proatitntlon,
Penalty for
keeping
unlicensed
brothel.
declared to be
need as an
unlicensed
brothel maybe
closed up.
Outdoor Prostitution.
X30. Every woman who doll be found in any street, road, m;xtshed,
womautoun(rin street, &e.
or other place within one guile. of any district for the purposes of per
purposes
3
.o~rprostitu-
L tioA liable to
ytr;c~. _ dine and im-
pgonment.
ril
~t
womanfound
,;yn~- n. - - on board any
°- - 'nn k, &c. for
1
purposes of
Ftitution
'T'
froble to fine
x
ailfl imprison.
~ meat:
3,
' Nzson in
eF
r .Charge of
- juil~ c: in
w~ii~ ,` Oman
n;; four' x o
13uTtioses of
rj = prostltuti.on
7 liable to
fine and im-
prisonment,
and junk, Ste.
to forfeiture.
Constable
authorized to
arrest without
warrant
persons found
offending and
to seize Junk,
&c.
vppointiheat of
Inspector of
Hospitals and
visiting
PORGY to
Governor to
prqvide
hospital$.
Snperiatoadeat
of Hospital.
Power to make
,regulations for
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 186T.'
Contagious Diseases.
prostitution shall be liable to . a penalty not exceedin$25, or to be'
imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or without
bard labor.
X31. Every woman who shall be found on board of any junk, boat,
sampan, or craft of any kind or description within Colonial Waters, for
the
purposes of prostitution shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding `W5,
or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months with or
without hard labor.
X32. Every person apparently in charge of any junk, boat, sampan,.;
or craft when any woman shall be found therein for the purposes of
prostitution shall be liable to the same penalties as in the last
preceding
section mentioned and in addition thereto such junk, boat, sampan, or
craft, may on proof of any woman having been found therein for the
purposes aforesaid be forfeited to the Crown.
. *33. It shall be lawful for any constable belon0-ina to the Police.
Force to take into custody without warrant any person in any manner
offending against the three last preceding sections and to seize, detain
and,
take possession of any junk, boat, sampan, or craft in which any woman
shall be found for the purposes aforesaid.
Inspector of Hospitals and Surgeons.
34. An Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons shall be appointed
whose.
respective duties shall from time to time be defined by the Governor.
Until the
Governor shall otherwise direct and during any vacancy the Colonial
Surgeon shall be
Inspector o£ Hospitals.
Hospitals.
35. The Governor may from time to time provide any buildings or parts of
buildings as hospitals for the purposes of this Ordinance and the fact of
such buildings
or parts of buildings being so provided shall be notified in the Gazette.
A copy of the.
Gazette containing any such notification shall be conclusive evidence
thereof.
36. A superintendent shall be appointed for each hospital who shall have
the
control and management thereof, subject nevertheless to the directions of
the Inspector
of Hospitals and to any regulations made and approved under this
Ordinance in respect
thereof.
3'7. The Inspector of Hospitals shall make regulations for the management
and'
government of every hospital as far as regards women authorized by this
Ordinance to
be detained therein for medical treatment or being therein under medical
treatment
for a contagious disease such regulations not being inconsistent with the
provisions of
~` Sections 30 to 33 inclusive are repealed by Ordinance No. Il of 1890,
the coming into force
of trhich Ordinance is suspended until Her Majesty's confirmation is
signified.
ORDINANCE No.: 10 0F 186?.
Contagious Diseases.
This Ordinance and may from time to time alter any such regulations; but
all such
regulations and all alterations thereof shall be subject to the approval
in writing of
the Governor in Council.
38. A printed copy of regulations purporting to be regulations of a
hospital 60 Evidence of
regulations.
approved such copy being signed by the Inspector of Hospitals shall be
evidence of the
regulations of the hospital and of the due making and approval thereof
for the purposes
of this Ordinance.
39. Every woman detained in a hospital shall during the period of such
detention acre and
treatment of
be carefully provided for and furnished free of expense to her with
lodging, clothing, inwom detained
and food.
40. The expenses which may be incurred in or about the treatment o£ any
prostitute detained in a hospital as specified in the last preceding
section shall be a
debt due to the Crown and payable by the keeper of the brothel or by the
beeper or
person apparently in charge of the house wherein such person may have
been residing.
The same in case of non-payment may be sued for and recovered from such
keeper or
person by the Registrar General, or other duly authorized officer,
subject nevertheless
-to the provisions in the next section contained.
41. No keeper of a licensed brothel shall be liable to such payment
unless the
amount thereof shall have been certified under the hand of the Visiting
Surgeon to b©
in accordance with a scale of charges to be from time to time fixed by
the Inspector of
.Hospitals with the approval of the Governor and such certificate shall
be evidence of
the duo making arid approval of such scale of charges for tile purposes
of this Ordinance
and of all other facts therein certified.
42. In case the keeper of a licensed brothel shall refuse or neglect ~ to
pay to
tile Registrar General the amount due to the Crown and payable by him in
respect of
such expenses as aforesaid within three days after the service upon him
of a notice in
that behalf or within such further period as the Registrar General may
allow the licence
granted to such keeper in respect of such brothel shall from the
expiration of the said
three days or such further period as aforesaid be suspended until such
payment shall
have been made or recovered, and the provisions of section 17 as to the
recovery of
fines shall be applicable to the recovery of the said amount.
Medical Examination.
43. Every inmate of a licensed brothel shall be liable at all times to
medical
~~eaamination by a Visiting Surgeon,in such brothel or at such hospital
as lie shall direct',
44. Where an information on oath is laid before the Registrar General, by
the
,Superintendent or an Inspector of Police charging to the effect that the
informant has
;good cause to believe that a woman therein named is a common prostitute,
and is
resident within a district of Victoria or if not being so resident has
within fourteen
1:xpeYises' of
treatment of
women in
hospitals.
Amount to be
certified by
Visiting
Surgeon..
In case of non-
payment licence
to become void
and amount
recoverable front
householder.
Inmates of
licensed brothels
at all times liable
to medical
examination.
On information
the Registrar
General .may -. .
issue notice to. :'_
common.
prostitute. - -
ORDINANCE N©. W oF 140.
Contagious diseases.
days before the .laying of the information been 'within a district of
Victoria or within
the harbor thereof for the purpose of prostitution the. Registrar General
may if he
thinks fit issue a notice thereof addressed to such woman which notice
the Superintend-
ent or Inspector of Police shall cause to be served on her.
415. In either of the following cases namely:-
rower to
Registrar
General to order
Perioatear 1st. If the woman on whom such a. notice is served appears
herself or by some
medical
.examination, person on her behalf at the time and place appointed in the
notice or at
some other time and place appointed by adjournment;
2nd. If she does not appear and it is shown to the satisfaction of the
Registrar
General that the notice was served on her a reasonable time before the
time appointed fur her appearance or that reasonable notice of such
adjournment was given to her (as the case may be) ;
the Registrar General on oath being made before him substantiating the
matter of the
information to his satisfaction may if he tbink fit order that tie woman
be subject to
a periodical medical examination by a Visiting Surgeon for any period not
exceeding
one year for the purpose of ascertaining at the time of each such
examination whether
she is affected with a contagious disease and thereupon she shall be
subject to such a
periodical medical examination and the order, shall be a sufficient
warrant for a Visiting
Surgeon to conduct such examination accordingly.
The order shall specify the time and place at which the woman shall
attend for
the first examination.
The Superintendent of Police shall cause a copy of the order to be served
on the
woman.-
'Power tto make 48. The Governor in Council may from time to time make
regulations respecting
teghtationa as to
j medical eaamt. the times and places of medical examinations under this
Ordinance, and generally res-
nations.
petting the arrangements for the conduct of those examinations; and a
copy of all such
regulations from time to time in force shall he sent to the Registrar
General, the
Inspector of Hospitals, the Visiting Surgeons, and the Superintendent of
Police.
VisitingSurgeon 47. The Visiting Surgeon having regard to the regailations
aforesaid and to the
to rescri
timpes, &ebo circumstances of each case shall at the fiist examination of
each woman examined by
him and afterwards from time to time as occasion requires prescribe the
times and
places at which she is required to attend again for examination and he
shall from time
to time give or cause to be given to each such woman notice of the times
and places so
prescribed.
Volpntaryaph - 48. Any woman may voluntarily by a submission in writing
signed by her in the
mission
woman.by presence of and attested by the Registrar General subject herself
to a periodical medical
examination under this Ordinance for any period not exceeding one year.
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1867:
.Contagious Diseases.
Detention in Hospital.
49. If on any medical examination under this Ordinance the woman examined
is Certiticateof
Visiting Surgeon.
found to be affected with a contagious disease she shall thereupon .be
liable to be
detained in a hospital subject and'according to the provisions of this
Ordinance and
a Visiting Surgeon shall sign a certificate to the effect that she is
affected with a con.
tagious disease naming the bospital in which she is to be placed. Such
certificate sl;all
be sent to the Registrar General and the woman shall be detained in such
bospital
until discharged therefrom as in the nest succeeding section mentioned or
under the
provisions of section 51 of this Ordinance.
60. Where a woman certified by a Visiting Surgeon to be affected with a
contagious
disease is placed as aforesaid in a hospital for medical treatment she
shall be detained
there for the purpose by a Visiting Surgeon until discharged by him by
writing under
his hand.
The certificate of a Visiting Surgeon shall be sufficient authority for
such detention.
bl. The Inspector of Hospitals may if in any case it seems to him
expedient bypo`anrto er es rti--
ordera transfer in writing signed by him direct the transfer of any woman
detained in a hospital fled hostitnl.
for medical treatment from tbat hospital to another named in the order.
Every such order shall be sent to the Registrar General and shall also be
sufficient
authority for the Superintendent of Police or any person acting under his
order to
transfer the woman to whom it relates from the one bospital to the other
and to place
her there for medical treatment and she shall be detained there for that
purpose by the
Visiting Surgeon until discharged by him by writing under his hand,
The order of the inspector of Hospitals shall be sufficient authority for
such
detention.
62. Provided always that no woman shall be detained under any one
certificate tim'anon of
dete..tton.
for a longer tune than three months unless the Visiting Surgeon certify
that herfurtber
detention for medical treatment is requisite in wbicb case she may be
further detained
in the hospital in which she is at the expiration of the said period of
three months by
the Visiting Surgeon until disebarged by him by writing under his hand.,
53. If any woman detained in any hospital considers herself entitled to
be for -ate apply,
discharged therefrom and the Visiting Surgeon refuses to discharge her
such woman
shall on her request be couvey ed before the Registrar. General [' a.
Magistrate' as amended
by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876 and he shall if satisfied upon mediml
examination that
he is free from a contagious disease discharge her from such hospital and
such order
.of discharge shall have the same effect as the discharge of the Visiting
Surgeon.
Dotentton in
hospital.
.Refusal to be Examined, &c.
54. In the following cases, namely:-
(1.) If any woman who is the inmate of.a licensed brothel or who is
subjected efnsalltooDe
by order of the Registrar General under this Ordinance to periodical
examined, &C.
Effect n£ order
of imprisonment
for quitting
11081,1tai, .cC.
ORDINANCE No. 10 of 18f7:
Contagious Diseases.
medical examination at any time, temporarily absents herself in order-
to avoid submitting herself to such examination on any occasion on
which she ought so to submit herself or refuses or wilfully neglects to-
submit herself to such examination on any such occasion;
If any woman authorized by this Ordinance to be detained in a hospital.
for medical treatment quits the hospital without being discharged
therefrom by the Visiting Surgeon by writing under his hand (the proof
whereof shall lie on the accused);
(3.) If any woman authorized by this Ordinance to be detained in a
hospital
for medical treatment or any woman being in a hospital under medical
treatment for a contagious disease refuses or wilfully neglects while in
the hospital to conform to the regulations thereof made and approved
under this Ordinance;
then and in every such case such woman shall be guilty of an offence
against this Ordi-
nance and on summary conviction shall be liable to imprisonment with or
without hard
labor in the case of a first offence for any term not exceeding one
month, and in a case
of a second or any subsequent offence for any term not exceeding three
months and in
ease of the offence of quitting the hospital without being discharged as
aforesaid the
woman may be taken into custody without warrant by any constable.
55, If any woman is convicted of and imprisoned for the offence of
absentiug:-
lierself or of refusing or neglecting to submit herself to examination as
aforesaid the
order subjecting her to periodical medical examination shall be in force
after and
notwithstanding her imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed
under this-
Ordinance at the time of her discharge from imprisonment certifies in
writing to the
effect that she is then free from 'a contagious disease (the proof of
which certificate
shall lie on her) and in that case the order subjecting her to periodical
medical
examination shall on her discharge from imprisonment cease to operate.
!j$, If any woman is convicted of and imprisoned for the offence of
quitting a.
hospital without being discharged or of refusing or neglecting while in a
hospital to
conform to the regulations thereof as' aforesaid the certificate of the
Visiting Surgeon
under which she was detained in the hospital shall continue in force and
on the
expiration of her term of imprisonment she shall be sent back from the
prison to that
hospital and shall (notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance) be
detained there
under that certificate as if it were given on the day of the expiration-
of her term of
imprisonment unless a Visiting Surgeon appointed under this Ordinance at
the tune of
her discharge from imprisonment certifies in writing to the effect that
she is then free
from a contagious disease (the proof of which certificate shall lie on
her) and in that
case the certificate under which she was detained and the order
subjecting her to
periodical medical examination shall on her discharge from imprisonment
cease to
ORDINA\CE No. 10 of 1867:
Contagious Diseases.
5'7. If on any woman leaving a hospital a notice is given to her by the
Visiting
-Surgeon to the effect that she is still affected with a contagious
disease and she is after-
wards in any place for the purpose of prostitution without having
previously received
from one of the Visiting Surgeons appointed under this Ordinance a
certificate in
writing (proof of which certificate shall lie on her) to the effect that
she is then free
from a contagious disease she shall be guilty of an offence against this
Ordinance and
-on summary conviction before tjte Registrar General ['a3Tagistrate' as
amended
by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876,] shall be liable to be imprisoned with or
without hard labor
in the case of a first offence for any term not exceeding one month and
in the case of a
second or any subsequent offence for any term not exceeding three months.
Duration of Order.
58. Every order under this Ordinance subjecting a lvoman to periodical
medical
examination shall be in operation and enforceable in manner in this
Ordinance pro-
vided so long as and whenever from time to time the woman to whom it
relates is
within the Colony but not in any case for a louder period than one year
and where
the Visiting Surgeon on the discharge by him of any woman from the
hospital certifies
that she is free from a contagious disease (proof of which certificate
shall lie on leer)
the order subjecting her to periodical medical examination sliall
thereupon cease to
operate.
Relief from Examination.
59: If any woman subjected to a periodical medical examination under.
e,his
Ordinance (either on her own submission or under the order of the
Registrar General)
desiring to be relieved therefrom and not being under detention in a
hospital makes
:application in writing in that behalf to the Registrar General he shall
appoint by
notice in writing a time and place for the hearing of the application and
shall cause
the notice to be delivered to the applicant and a copy of the application
and of the
notice to be delivered to the Superintendent of Police.
60. If on the bearing of the application it is shown to the satisfaction
of the
Registrar General that the applicant has ceased to be a common prostitute
or if the
applicant with the approval of the Registrar General enters into a
recognizance with or
without sureties as to the Registrar General seems meet for her good
behaviour during
three months thereafter the Registrar General shall order that ,she be
relieved from
periodical medical examination.
61. Every such recognizance shall be deemed to be forfeited if at any
time during rnrfeiture of
recognizance by,
the term for which it is entered into the woman to whom it relates is in
any public return to proe-
tltution;
thoroughfare street or place or in any junk, boat, sampan or craft fox
the purpose of
prostitution or otherwise conducts herself as a common prostitute:
Penalty on
woman dis.
charged nneRre(I
conducting
herself as A
prostitute.
Order to operate
whenever from
time to time the
woman is within
the Colony but
not for more
than one year.
Application fur
relief from
examination.
Order for relief
nom examina-
tion on discon-
tinuance of.
prostitution.'
ORDINANCE .No. l0:og 1867.
Contagious Diseases:
Penalties for Harboring.
i~ouaiay,ror 62. If any person being the occupier of any house, room or
place or being a
permitting
diseased prosti- manager or assistant in the mauagemeut thereof having
reasonable cause to believe-
tnto to res~ Ct t0
any house for any woman to be a common prostitute and to be affected with
a contagious disease
prnetttatton.
induces or suffers her to resort to or be in that house, room or place
fir the purpose of.
prostitution he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance and
on summary
couvicLiun thereof before the Registrar General shall be liable to a
penalty not exceed--
iug $100 or at the discretion .,f the Registrar General P a Magistrate'
as amended by,
Ordinance No. 2 of 18710] to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding six
months with.
or without hard labor.
Seamen and Boarding Houses for Seamen.
xeepere of g$, ],very keeper of a licensed boarding house for seamen shall
furnish to the-
iicensedbnardin~
~a ei,~`~farnteh Harbor Master, once in every week, a list of seamen then
resident in his house, and
Harbor Master shall report in such list as to the state of health of each
seaman so far as he may be
with wqekly hats of tbo seamen
resident in their able to ascertain the same; and every seaman who may be
reported or may be otherwise,
houses, and
report theiretata - discovered to be affected with a contaZgious disease,
shall be removed by warrant under
of health.
Diseased seaman the hand of the Harbor Master to a hospital, where he
shall be kept until be be, by
to be removed to
w hospital, the Visiting Surgeon thereof, discharged as cured, and shall
have obtained from such
Visiting Surgeon a certificate of his having been so discharged wl,i--h
certificate ho shall,
produce and spew to the Harbor Master when required so to do; and the
expenses
which may be incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of any
such
seaman in such hospital, shell be a debt due to the Crown, and shall be
paid by such:
seaman; or, in case of the keeper of the .boarding house in which such
seaman shall
have resided before his removal to hospital not having reported, or
having made a false-
reporb as to the state of health of such seaman, thin such expenses shall
be paid by
such boarding house keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified
by, the Visiting Surgeon of the hmspital to which such seaman may be
removed, that the disease with
which he may be affected is of such a nature as that the keeper of the
boarding house
could, with ordinary and reasonable observation, have ascertained its
existence;' and
in all cases such expenses shall in case of non-payment be sued for and
recovered by'
the Harbor Master on behalf o£ the hospital. (Repealed by Ordinance No. 8
of 1879.a
hennlty for 64. If any seaman affected with a contagious disease, and
reported so to be by
otPeeing any
obstruction to the keeper of the boarding house in which such seaman may
be residing, shall refuse,
renmval to
hnapitni. or offer any hindrance or obstruction to his removal to a
hospital; or, having been
removed to a hospital, shall attempt to leave the sumo before he shall be
properly
discharged cured ; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to
produce his
certificate of discharge when required by the Harbor Master authorized to
demand the-
same; or being affected with a contagious disease, shall neglect or
refuse to inform the.
i keeper of the buardiug house in which he may be residing,-thu, and in
every such
case, such seaman so offending shall be liable to be brought before the
Harbor Master.
ORDINANCE No. 10 or, 1867.
Contagious Diseases:
and subjected to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to
imprisonment, with or
without hard labor, for any term not exceeding one month. [Repealed bzj
Ordinance
No. $ of 1879.]
65. The master of any merchant ship, before shipping any seaman, may
require
that such seaman shall be inspected by the Colonial Surgeon by notice in
writing to
that effect addressed to the Harbor Master or a Visiting Surgeon
appointed in pursuance
of this Ordinance and the Colonial Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon upon
such inspec-
tion is to give a certificate under his hand as to the state of health of
such seaman,
which certificate such seaman is to produce and show to the master of the
ship ill
which he may be about to serve; and for every such certificate there
shall be paid the
fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the master or agent of the ship in case
such seaman
should prove to be in sound health, and by the seaman himself or the
boarding house
keeper with whom be shall be residing in case be shall prove to be
affected with any
contagious disease; such fee to be received by the Harbor Master, and in
case of non-
payment to be sued for and recovered by biln, and paid into the Colonial
Treasury for
the purposes of this Ordinance. [Repealed by Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.]
Expenses of Execution of Ordinance.
Masters of ships.
before shipping
seamen may
require them to
undergo medical,
inspection.
66. All fines imposed and levied for offences against this Ordinance and
all fees Fines and teem
levied and
and payments collected under the provisions thereof shall be appropriated
to the collected to forav
a general fund.
formation of a general fund for the purposes of this Ordinance.
Appointment of Officers, Bye-Laws, Regulations, &c.
67. The Governor shall from time to time appoint all officers employed in
carry-
ing out the provisions of this Ordinance and the duties and salaries of
all such officers
shall be regulated from time to time by the Governor in Council.
g$, The Governor in Council may from time to time make such regulations
and Power to
Governor in
bye-laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the
provisions of this council
Ordinance and for the control of licensed brothels.
69. No such regulations or bye-laws shall take effect until seven days
after the
publication thereof in the Gazette, and a copy of the Gazette containing
such publica-
tion shall be conclusive evidence of such regulations or bye-laws.
Procedure.
70. The place in which the Registrar General shall sit in discharge of
his duties
shall be such place as may from time to time, be appointed for that
purpose by the
Governor, [and the place in which any proceeding under this Ordinance
before the Registrar
General or on appeal shall take place, shall not, unless the person
accused or affected by each
proceeding so desires, be deemed an. open CouA and unless such person
otherwise desires the
-Registrar General, the Magistrates, or the Judge of the Court of Summary
Jurisdiction as
the case may be, may order that no person have access to or bP or remain
in that place without
permission. Repealed by Ordinance No. 2 of 1876.
Power to
Governor to
appoint all
officers.
Bye-laws to take
effect seven days
after publication
in Gazette.
Place of proceed-
ing before Re-
gistrar General
to be flied by
Governor and
shall not be in
open Court unless
by desire ofparty
affected.
ORDINANCE No. 10 0-F 1867.
Contagious Diseases.
' 71. Every person violating the provisions of thin Ordinance or of any
regulation
or bye-law made in pursuance thereof shall he guilty of a misdemeanor and
except
where otherwise provided by this Ordinance or by any regulations or
bye-laws made
as aforesaid shall be liable on summary conviction before the Registrar
General [°°a
.Magistrate,' as amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 18%6] to a fine not
exceeding $200 or to
imprisonment with or without hard labor for any term not exceeding six
months.
72. The forms of certificates, orders and other instruments given in the
schedule
to this Ordinance or forms to the line effect with such variations and
additions as
circumstances require may be used for the purposes therein indicated and
according
to the directions therein contained and instruments in those forms shall
gas regards
the form thereof) be valid and sufficient.
73. In any proceeding under this Ordinance every notice, order,
certificate, copy
of regulations, or other instrument shall be presumed to have been duly
signed by the
person and in the character by whom and in which it purports to be signed
until the
contrary is shown.
74. Every notice, order, or other instrument by this Ordinance required
to be
served on a woman shall be served by delivery thereof to some person for
her at her
usual place of abode or by delivery thereof to her personally.
76. For the purpose of regulating appeals under this Ordinance, the Judge
of the
Court of Summary Jurisdiction and the Magistrates respectively shall
frame rules,
orders and forms, and may from time to time amend such rules, orders or
forms, and
such rules, orders and forms or amended rules, orders or forms certified
under the hand
of the said Judge or under the hands of the said Magistrates as the case
may be shall
be submitted to the Legislative Council who may allow, disallow or alter
the same.
'l8. Any action, plaint ox prosecution against. any person for anything
done in
pursuance or execution or intended execution of this Ordinance or of any
regulations
or bye-laws made in pursuance thereof shall be commenced within three
months after
the throb done and not otherwise.
Notice in writing of every such action or plaint and of the cause thereof
shall be
given to the intended defendant one month at least before the
commencement of the
action or plaint.
In any such action or plaint the defendant may plead enerally ox set up
by way
of special defence that the act complained of was done in pursuance or
execution or
intended execution of this Ordinance or of any such regulati;:i: or
bye-law as aforesaid
and give this Ordinance and such regulation or bye-law and the special
matter in
evidence at any trial to be had thereupon.
The plaintiff shall not recover if tender of sufficient amends is made
before action
or plaint brought or if after action or plaint brought a sufficic;;t sum
of money is paid
into Court by or on behalf of the defendant.
ORDINANCE .loo, vU oF1867.
Contagious Diseases.
If a verdict passes or decree is given for the defendant or the plaintiff
becomes
nonsuit or discontinues the action after issue joined or if on demurrer
or otherwise
judgment is given against the plaintiff, the defendant shall recover his
full costs and
shall have the like remedy for the same as any defendant has by law for
costs in other
cases.
Thou?h a verdict or decree i3 given for the plaintiff he shall not have
costs against
the defendant unless the Judge before whom the trial is had certifies his
approbation
of the action or plaint.
SCHEDULES.
(Gazette Notice of Appointments.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 186?.'
His Excellency the Governor his been pleased to appoint [ ] to be
under the above mentioned Ordinance.
13y Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hon,gkoug, [date].
(Notification of Hospital.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEAfE9 ORDINANCE, 186i.'
Colonial Scereta.ry.
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance it is hereby notified that
His Excellency the
Governor has provided the following building (or part of a building)
wmely [here describe the same,
gmeerally] as a hospital for the purposes of this Ordinance.
By Order, -
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, [date].
Hongkong The information of [
to wit. this . dap of
cause to believe that
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Colonaial Secretary.
] Superintendent [or Inspector] of Police taken
18 - before the undersigned who says he has good,
] is a common prostitute and (is resident
within a district of Victoria that is to say [state address] ) (or 'was
within 14 days before the -layiilg
of this information within a district of Victoria or within the harbor
thereof for the purpose of
prostitution.')
Taken and sworn before me the day and year first above mentioned.
(Signed).:.
?eyistrar General.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1$67.
Contagious Diseases.
(Notice for attendance of Woman.)
'TIiE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
To A.B. of
Take notice that an information a copy whereof is subjoined hereto has
been laid before me and that
in accordance with the provisions of the above mentioned Ordinance the
truth of the statements therein
contained will be inquired into before me at
on the day of 18 at o'clock in the noon.
You are therefore to appear before me at that place and time and to
answer to what is stated in the
said information.
You may appear yourself or by any person on your behalf.
If you do not appear you may be ordered without further notice to be
subject to a periodical
medical examination by the Visiting Surgeon under the said Ordinance.
If you prefer it, you may by a submission in writing signed by you in my
presence and attested by
me subject yourself to such a periodical examination.
If you do so before the time above iappointed for your appearance it will
not be necessary for you
to appear before me
Dated this day of
(Subjoin Copy of Information.)
(Order subjecting Women to .Examination.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
(Signed)
Hongkong) Be it remembered, that on the
to wit. ~ in pursuance of the avove mentioned Ordinance, I,
Registrar General.
day of
do order that A. B., of
be subject to a periodical medical examination by the Visiting Surgeon for
months from this day, for the purpose of ascertaining at the time of each
such examination whether
she is affected with a contagious disease within the meaning of the said
Ordinance, and that she do attend
for the first examination at on the day of at o'clock in
the noon.
I, d. &., of
(Signed,)
( Voluntary Submission to Examination.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Registrar General.
in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, by this submiaion,
voluntarily subjebt myself to a periodical medical examination by a
Visiting Surgeon for
months from the date hereof.
Dated this
Witness,
Registrar Gtneral.
clay of
(Signed,) A.B.
ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1667.
Contagious Diseases.
(Notice by Visiting Surgeon to Woman of Times, 4-e., of Examination..)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867:'
To 1.B. of
Take notice, that in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, you are
required to attend for
medical examination as follows:
[here state times and places of examination.]
Dated this day of 18
' (Signed,) E.1.,
Trisiting surgeon.
(Certificate rf Visiting Surgeon)
'THE CONTAGIOI7S DISEASES ORDINANCE, IHG7:'
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, I hereby certify that T
have this day examined
A. B. of , and that she is affected with a contagious disease within the
meaning
of that Ordinance ; and the hospital in which she is to he placed under
the said Ordinance is the
Dated this day of 18
(Signed,) E. F
V,isitinp rfurgcon.
(Order Ly Inspectn2amfer.)
`° THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
By virtue of the power in this behalf vested in me by the above mentioned
Ordinance, I hereby
-order that A.B. of , now detained under that Ordinance in the hospital of
for med ical treatment, be transferred thence to the hospital of
Dated this
day of
18
(Signed,) M.N.,
Inspector of hospitals.
(Certificate for Detention beyond Three llontlts.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, lss7.'
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the further detention for medical
treatment of A.B. of
now an inmate of this hospital, is requisite.
Dated this day of 78 , at the hospital.
(Signed,) M.N.,
Visiting Surgeon,
(Dischargefrom Ziospital.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
In pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance, I hereby discharge A.B. of,
from this hospital [add a;cmding to tlae fact, and certify that she is
now free from a contagious disease..]
Dated this day of 18 , at the Hospital.
(Signed,) G.FL,
Visiting Surgeon.
ORDINANCE, No.. 10 ~ of 1$67.
Contagious Diseases.
(G&tificutc on Discharge from Imprisonment.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Whereas under the above mentioned Ordinance A.13. of , was on the day of
convicted of the offence of and has since been imprisoned for that
olfcnce in and is now discharged from imprisonment therein: Now in
pursuance
of the said Ordinance I hereby certify that she is now free from a
contagious disease.
Dated this
fro A.If.
(Notice to Woman leaving Hospital.)
'TH1: CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
(Signed,) R.O.,
Visiting Surgeon.
As you are now leaving this hospital, I hereby, in pursuance of the above
mentioned Ordinance,
giv<-~ yon notice that, yon ore still affected with a contagious disease.
Dated. this day of 18
Note-The above mentioned Ordinance provides as follows:-
If :my woman leaving a hospital a notice [set out section of Ordinance,]
(Cnrti;/icute nn last foregoing Airtioo or Copy.)
`TIiE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1861.'
(Signed,) G.IL,
Visiting Svrgeon.
In pursuance of the within mentioned Ordinance, 1 hereby certify that the
within uarrv:d woman is.
now free from a contagious disease.
Dated this day of 18 .
(Signed,) I;.F.,
(application to he relieved front Ig,rg.ntinatiorrs.)
`THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867.'
Visiting isrurgeon.
'fo L.IU., Esq., Registrar General.
I, X1.13. of , being in pursuance of the above mentioned Ordinance,
subject to
periodical medical examination on my own submission [ur under your order,
as the case nbay be.]
,
dated the day of , do hereby apply to be relieved therefrom.
Dated this day of 18 .
(Signed,) A. B.
Witness, G. 1T:
Contagious Diseases.
No. 10 of 1867.
(Q.)
(Notification in Gazette that a House is declared an Ualicensed Brothel.)
'THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1561.'
It is hereby notified that the house [or part of a house] hereinafter
mentioned that. is to -ay
[describe the same] was on the clay of 1S , pursuant to
section 23 of the above Ordinance, declared by me under my hand and seal
of office to be an unlicensed
brothel.
Registrar General.
day of ,
-and that the charges hereto marked A. are in accordance with the scale
of chargers fixed by me with tl;c
approval of His Excellency the Governor pursuant to section 41 of the
above mcnLioneU Ordinance.
Dated this clay of
l1eapcetnr of TTnalritcd.e.
[Confiirmation proclaznZed 8th April, 1868: (Gazette 11th of same month.)
All repecded
by Ordinance No. 19 of 1889 except sections 30 to 33 inclusive. Sections
30 to 33 .~.
repealed by and on the coming into operatzola of Ordinance No. X1 of
1890.1
..,
NOTE.-For rules and bye.laws for control of licensed brothels under
section 78 of the 30th
December, 1873, see Gazette of the 3rd Tanuary, 1874.
For regulations as to the Lock Hospital &c., of the 14th October, 1875, see
Gazette of the 6th November, 1875.
955
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
'Contagious disease.'
'District.'
'Superintendend of Police.'
'Householder' and 'Agent.'
'Keeper of a Licensed Brothel.'
'Inmate of a Licensed Brothel.'
Suspending clause.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 12 of 1857.
Power of Registrar General.
956
Power of appeal to the two Magistrates.
Registrar General may grant brothel licences.
No licensed brothel to be kept in a house, &c., where any trade is carried on.
Cancellation or suspension of licence.
A register of licensed brothels to be kept.
Keeper of licensed brothel to exhibit and to furnish to the Registrar General a list of inmates.
957
Penalty in case of any person being infected in a licensed brothnel.
Penalty in case of a person infecting any inmate of a licensed brothel.
Penalty for allowing any child under the age of 15 to be in a licensed brothel.
Inspection of licensed brothels.
Keeper of licensed brothel to reside therein and appoint substitute during absence.
Recovery of fines on keeper of regisered brothel.
Fees payable for a brothel licence.
No unlicnesed brothels to be kept.
958
Power to enter or break into houses suspected of being unlicensed brothels.
Investigation by Registrar General as to suspected brothel.
Notice of such investigation.
Declaration by Registrar General that a house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel.
Appeal from such declaration to Judge of Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
959
Who shall be deemed keeper of an unlicnesed brothel.
Penalty on women residing in or frequenting unlicensed brothels for purposes of prostitution.
Penalty for keeping unlicnesed brothel.
Premises twice declared to be used as an unlicensed brothel may be closed up.
Saving of other remedies.
Woman found in street, &c. for purposes.
960
of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonments.
Woman found on board any junk, &c. for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment.
Person in charge of junk, &c. in which woman found for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment, junk, &c. to forfeiture.
Constable authorized to arrest without warrant persons found offending and to seize junk, &c.
Appointment of Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons.
Power to Governor to provide hospitals.
Superintendent of Hospital.
Power to make regulations for hospitals.
961
Evidence of regulations.
Care annd treatment of women detained in hospital.
Expenses of treatment of women in hospitals.
Amount to be certified by Visitng Surgeon.
In case of non-payment licence to become void and amount recoverable from householder.
Inmates of licensed brothels at all times liable to medical examination.
On information the Registrar General may issue notice to common prostitute.
962
Power to Registrar General to order periodical medical examination.
Power to make regulations as to medical examinations.
Visiting Surgeon to prescribe times, &c.
Voluntary submission by woman.
963
Certificate of Visiting Surgeon.
Detention in hospital.
Power to transfer to another certified hospital.
Limitation of detention.
Power to apply for discharge.
Penalty for refusal to be examined, &c.
964
Effect of order of imprisonment for absence, &c., from examination.
Effect of order of imprisonment for quitting hospital, &c.
965
Penalty on woman discharged uncured conducting herself as a prostitute.
Order to operate whenever from time to time the woman is within the Colony but not for more than one year.
Application for relief from examination.
Order for relief from examination on discontinuance of prostitution.
Forfeiture of recognizance by return to prostitution.
966
Penalty for permitting diseased prostitute to resort to any house for prostitution.
Keepers of licensed boarding houses for seamen to furnish Harbor Master with weekly lists of the seamen resident in their houses, and report their state of health.
Diseased seamen to be removed to a hospital.
Penalty for offering any obstruction to removal to hospital.
967
Masters of ships before shipping seamen may require them to undergo medical inspection.
Fines and fees levied and collected to form a general fund.
Power to Governor to appoint all officers.
Power to Governor in Council to male bye-laws.
Bye-laws to take effect seven days after publication in Gazette.
Place of proceeding before Registrar General to be fixed by Governor and shall not be in open Court unless by desire of party affected.
968
Every offence against this Ordinance a misdemeanor.
Forms in schedule may be used.
Presumption in favor of authenticity of signatures, &c.
Mode of service.
Judge, &c., to frame rules for regulating appeals.
Limitation of actions, &c.
973
Abstract
955
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
'Contagious disease.'
'District.'
'Superintendend of Police.'
'Householder' and 'Agent.'
'Keeper of a Licensed Brothel.'
'Inmate of a Licensed Brothel.'
Suspending clause.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 12 of 1857.
Power of Registrar General.
956
Power of appeal to the two Magistrates.
Registrar General may grant brothel licences.
No licensed brothel to be kept in a house, &c., where any trade is carried on.
Cancellation or suspension of licence.
A register of licensed brothels to be kept.
Keeper of licensed brothel to exhibit and to furnish to the Registrar General a list of inmates.
957
Penalty in case of any person being infected in a licensed brothnel.
Penalty in case of a person infecting any inmate of a licensed brothel.
Penalty for allowing any child under the age of 15 to be in a licensed brothel.
Inspection of licensed brothels.
Keeper of licensed brothel to reside therein and appoint substitute during absence.
Recovery of fines on keeper of regisered brothel.
Fees payable for a brothel licence.
No unlicnesed brothels to be kept.
958
Power to enter or break into houses suspected of being unlicensed brothels.
Investigation by Registrar General as to suspected brothel.
Notice of such investigation.
Declaration by Registrar General that a house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel.
Appeal from such declaration to Judge of Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
959
Who shall be deemed keeper of an unlicnesed brothel.
Penalty on women residing in or frequenting unlicensed brothels for purposes of prostitution.
Penalty for keeping unlicnesed brothel.
Premises twice declared to be used as an unlicensed brothel may be closed up.
Saving of other remedies.
Woman found in street, &c. for purposes.
960
of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonments.
Woman found on board any junk, &c. for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment.
Person in charge of junk, &c. in which woman found for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment, junk, &c. to forfeiture.
Constable authorized to arrest without warrant persons found offending and to seize junk, &c.
Appointment of Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons.
Power to Governor to provide hospitals.
Superintendent of Hospital.
Power to make regulations for hospitals.
961
Evidence of regulations.
Care annd treatment of women detained in hospital.
Expenses of treatment of women in hospitals.
Amount to be certified by Visitng Surgeon.
In case of non-payment licence to become void and amount recoverable from householder.
Inmates of licensed brothels at all times liable to medical examination.
On information the Registrar General may issue notice to common prostitute.
962
Power to Registrar General to order periodical medical examination.
Power to make regulations as to medical examinations.
Visiting Surgeon to prescribe times, &c.
Voluntary submission by woman.
963
Certificate of Visiting Surgeon.
Detention in hospital.
Power to transfer to another certified hospital.
Limitation of detention.
Power to apply for discharge.
Penalty for refusal to be examined, &c.
964
Effect of order of imprisonment for absence, &c., from examination.
Effect of order of imprisonment for quitting hospital, &c.
965
Penalty on woman discharged uncured conducting herself as a prostitute.
Order to operate whenever from time to time the woman is within the Colony but not for more than one year.
Application for relief from examination.
Order for relief from examination on discontinuance of prostitution.
Forfeiture of recognizance by return to prostitution.
966
Penalty for permitting diseased prostitute to resort to any house for prostitution.
Keepers of licensed boarding houses for seamen to furnish Harbor Master with weekly lists of the seamen resident in their houses, and report their state of health.
Diseased seamen to be removed to a hospital.
Penalty for offering any obstruction to removal to hospital.
967
Masters of ships before shipping seamen may require them to undergo medical inspection.
Fines and fees levied and collected to form a general fund.
Power to Governor to appoint all officers.
Power to Governor in Council to male bye-laws.
Bye-laws to take effect seven days after publication in Gazette.
Place of proceeding before Registrar General to be fixed by Governor and shall not be in open Court unless by desire of party affected.
968
Every offence against this Ordinance a misdemeanor.
Forms in schedule may be used.
Presumption in favor of authenticity of signatures, &c.
Mode of service.
Judge, &c., to frame rules for regulating appeals.
Limitation of actions, &c.
973
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
'Contagious disease.'
'District.'
'Superintendend of Police.'
'Householder' and 'Agent.'
'Keeper of a Licensed Brothel.'
'Inmate of a Licensed Brothel.'
Suspending clause.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 12 of 1857.
Power of Registrar General.
956
Power of appeal to the two Magistrates.
Registrar General may grant brothel licences.
No licensed brothel to be kept in a house, &c., where any trade is carried on.
Cancellation or suspension of licence.
A register of licensed brothels to be kept.
Keeper of licensed brothel to exhibit and to furnish to the Registrar General a list of inmates.
957
Penalty in case of any person being infected in a licensed brothnel.
Penalty in case of a person infecting any inmate of a licensed brothel.
Penalty for allowing any child under the age of 15 to be in a licensed brothel.
Inspection of licensed brothels.
Keeper of licensed brothel to reside therein and appoint substitute during absence.
Recovery of fines on keeper of regisered brothel.
Fees payable for a brothel licence.
No unlicnesed brothels to be kept.
958
Power to enter or break into houses suspected of being unlicensed brothels.
Investigation by Registrar General as to suspected brothel.
Notice of such investigation.
Declaration by Registrar General that a house or part of a house is an unlicensed brothel.
Appeal from such declaration to Judge of Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
959
Who shall be deemed keeper of an unlicnesed brothel.
Penalty on women residing in or frequenting unlicensed brothels for purposes of prostitution.
Penalty for keeping unlicnesed brothel.
Premises twice declared to be used as an unlicensed brothel may be closed up.
Saving of other remedies.
Woman found in street, &c. for purposes.
960
of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonments.
Woman found on board any junk, &c. for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment.
Person in charge of junk, &c. in which woman found for purposes of prostitution liable to fine and imprisonment, junk, &c. to forfeiture.
Constable authorized to arrest without warrant persons found offending and to seize junk, &c.
Appointment of Inspector of Hospitals and Visiting Surgeons.
Power to Governor to provide hospitals.
Superintendent of Hospital.
Power to make regulations for hospitals.
961
Evidence of regulations.
Care annd treatment of women detained in hospital.
Expenses of treatment of women in hospitals.
Amount to be certified by Visitng Surgeon.
In case of non-payment licence to become void and amount recoverable from householder.
Inmates of licensed brothels at all times liable to medical examination.
On information the Registrar General may issue notice to common prostitute.
962
Power to Registrar General to order periodical medical examination.
Power to make regulations as to medical examinations.
Visiting Surgeon to prescribe times, &c.
Voluntary submission by woman.
963
Certificate of Visiting Surgeon.
Detention in hospital.
Power to transfer to another certified hospital.
Limitation of detention.
Power to apply for discharge.
Penalty for refusal to be examined, &c.
964
Effect of order of imprisonment for absence, &c., from examination.
Effect of order of imprisonment for quitting hospital, &c.
965
Penalty on woman discharged uncured conducting herself as a prostitute.
Order to operate whenever from time to time the woman is within the Colony but not for more than one year.
Application for relief from examination.
Order for relief from examination on discontinuance of prostitution.
Forfeiture of recognizance by return to prostitution.
966
Penalty for permitting diseased prostitute to resort to any house for prostitution.
Keepers of licensed boarding houses for seamen to furnish Harbor Master with weekly lists of the seamen resident in their houses, and report their state of health.
Diseased seamen to be removed to a hospital.
Penalty for offering any obstruction to removal to hospital.
967
Masters of ships before shipping seamen may require them to undergo medical inspection.
Fines and fees levied and collected to form a general fund.
Power to Governor to appoint all officers.
Power to Governor in Council to male bye-laws.
Bye-laws to take effect seven days after publication in Gazette.
Place of proceeding before Registrar General to be fixed by Governor and shall not be in open Court unless by desire of party affected.
968
Every offence against this Ordinance a misdemeanor.
Forms in schedule may be used.
Presumption in favor of authenticity of signatures, &c.
Mode of service.
Judge, &c., to frame rules for regulating appeals.
Limitation of actions, &c.
973
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/237
Edition
1890
Volume
v2
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 10 of 1867
Number of Pages
19
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE, 1867,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed May 3, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/237.
