Section 2

in the case of a per on emp~oyed or ~ngaged to take part in ny pubhc e~terta1nmen ..

a person under he age of sixteen years;

and

in the case of a tr nsf erred child, a female d th age fourteen years save as

~tlie~~isee provi ed in Part III; and

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th r case person under the age of

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1n any o e

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, four teen years;

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, , ns the Commissioner for

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L Comm1s.s1oner

~ea d uch other officers as the j ~~i./s8

G!bour, Malayan Un1?n an. sin the Gazette. declare t l"

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t ,·ernoi may, by rrot1ficat1

f the powers conferred o be ve~ted. with all or any

Commissioner by this

;nd. duties imposed upo1n t de thereunder;

rd1nance or by any rues ma .

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,, and ''eroplo ment used in ref

"e~ploy oung person mean employment~nCI! to a cluld or ¥ sed by way o a trade or for the 111 an lab0W: ex:rether the ga.

be to the child 0f utrPose~

of gain, o an other person;

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"entertainment". inclu es an exh1b~tion or per

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b t does not mclud any entertamment gi for.

ft:;eup1ls of any regist red school at ?r und!:~ty

. es of such school ; and a person 1s deem d e ausp1c

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h e to take part in an. enterta1 _ment_ w .en such person , employed in, or m connec 10n with such entert!},inme~:

whether as a performer stage hand, musician 0

otherwise howsoever;

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''guardian'' in relation _to a chil~ ?r young person includes any person who, In the op1n1on of the Court having cognizance ?f a~y ase in relation to the child, or in which the child IS oncerned, has, for the time being, the charge of, or co trol over the child or young person;

"legal guardian" in r lation to a child or young person means a person la fully appointed by deed or will or by the order of a competent Court to be the

:n)./.rR gu .. a~

.. that child or young person;

''p~ace of safety'' mea s any place or institutio~

appointed to be such nder section 34 of this

Ordin~nc~ or. a~y other s itable place, the o~cupier of which is willing tempo arily tq r~ceive JJ, c~ ld ·~ ,,,..

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-7J~II rq ector includes he

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. su~h other officers as t e 1:!.onep:eor may by notifi-

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f e azette, dee are to be vested wit a

:nf o tthe powers conferr d and duties imposed upodn l'f' • ti 41ri ro ector by th· o d'

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nee or by any ru es er,

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''public entert .

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t to which the p bl :i,mment means an entertaJJJJll 0 1~ is admitted

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whether fo; ~~~?nl:lectiO with which any cha1:y collection or b is_srnn or not is made to, or · .

ment from· :u scrip ti on i rec~ived at such entert,a,Jll

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s defined in sectio~ {~d' m~ans a transferred child 8

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O this Ordinance ;

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, 'young person means

in the case of a per 1

to take part in a n emp_ oyed or engaged

Y pubhc entertainment, a person who as att . d s~xteen years a d is !~~:r t~e age o~ .

eighteen years; nd t e age of

in any other case, a person who has attained the agfe ?fhfourte n years and is under the age o e1g teen ears.

For the purposes of t is Ordinance a erson shall be ~eeme~ to.have reach d any specified agf when he l~afs, s1n~e hd b1rth,d~ompl ted that number-of years.

of 1 e rec one accor 1ng to the Gregorian calendar.