Crimes Ordinance Part XII 12-34 Section 135 Cap. 200 16 for whom that person is responsible shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years. (Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 13. Amended 31 of 1997 s. 10) (2) Where a girl or boy is a prostitute or has done an unlawful sexual act, a person shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have caused or encouraged the same if that person knowingly allowed the girl or boy to consort with, or to enter or continue in the employment of, any prostitute or person of known immoral character. (Replaced 90 of 1991 s. 13) (3) Subject to subsection (4), the persons who for the purposes of this section are to be treated as responsible for a girl or boy are— (a) any person who is her or his parent or legal guardian; (b) any person who has actual possession or control of her or him, or to whose charge she or he has been committed by her or his parent or legal guardian or by a person having the custody of her or him; and (c) any other person who has the custody, charge or care of her or him. (4) In subsection (3), parent (父母) does not include, in relation to any girl or boy, a person deprived of her or his custody by order of a court of competent jurisdiction but, subject to that, in the case of a girl or boy who has been adopted under the Adoption Ordinance (Cap. 290) means her or his adopters and in the case of a girl or boy who is illegitimate, and has not been so adopted, means her or his mother and any person who has been adjudged to be her or his putative father. (Added 1 of 1978 s. 6. Amended 90 of 1991 s. 13) [cf. 1956 c. 69 s. 28 U.K.] Verified Copy Last updated date 5.12.2014