Section 13, The Prevention of Cruelty to Children Ordinance

(l) If any person having the custody, charge, or care of Encourageh.ld h d · · · ment ofa c 1 causes or encourages t e se uctwn or prost1tutwn or seduction by unlawful carnal knowledge of that child, he shall be guilty of guardian, etc. a misdemeanour, and shall be liable on conviction before the Supreme Court to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding two years. (2) For the purposes of this section a person shall be deemed to have caused or encouraged the seduction or prostitution or unlawful carnal knowledge (as the case may be) of a girl who has been seduced or become a prostitute or been unlawfully carnally known, if he has knowingly allowed the girl to consort with, or to enter or continue in the employment of any prostitute or person of known immoral character.