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(1) In this Ordinance and in any rules ma1e I?terpretathereunder, unless there is something repugnant 1n two. the subject or context- " child" means- (a) 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 (b) in the case of a tr nsferred child, a female d th age fourteen years save as ~tlie~~isee provi ed in Part III; and ". (c) 1n . th r case any o e ·, person under the age of , four teen years; l , , • • ns the Commissioner for • , , · /M. L Comm1s.s1oner ~ea d uch other officers as the j ~~i./s8 G!bour, Malayan Un1?n an. sin the Gazette. declare t ,·ernoi may, by rrot1ficat1 f the powers conferred · t l" o be ve~ted. with all or any Commissioner by this ;nd. duties imposed upo n t de thereunder; rd1nance or by any rues 1 ma . ) ) No. 3·3 OF 1947. ,, and ''eroplo ment '' used in ref "e~ploy oung person mean employment~nCI! 111 to a cluld or ¥sed by way o a trade or for the an lab0 W: ex:rether the ga. be to the child 0 utrPose~ of gain, o an f other person; . . .. y "entertainment". inclu es an exh1b~tion or per .· 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 take part in an. enterta1. _ment_ wh.en such person ausp1c e to, employed in, or m connec 10n with such entert!},inme~: whether as a performer stage hand, musician 0 otherwise howsoever; r "Ga.zej~.:....I~l!RS-tt~f1tit11t~~t::rflieiK~~~t ,. 3 3 'l,/si .G-azgftc 'r ''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 )./.r R 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 ·~ ,,,.. "P t .,, -7J~ I I rq ector includes he · le · · #.14l,;. 't'-J ~n ~Wiee~P , Malayan Union, '"""' nx Area Welfare O:ffic~r, r:: , . su~h other officers as t e 1:!.onep:eor may by notificationf in the Gazette, dee are ' · h 11 or X.CKto rbe vested wit • ,,~J. a :nf o tthe powers conferr d and duties imposed upodn ti ri l'f' • thereund ro ector. by th·18 or d'1 nee or by any ru1es Dla e er, . ''public entert . '' . . 0 t to which the p bl :i,mment means an entertaJJJJll 110 ~ is admitted ic or an section of the pub whether fo; ~~~?nl:lectiO with which any cha1:y O :u scription rec~ived at such entert,a,Jll collection or b is_srnn or not is made to, or · . ment from · "t i ' ny of the au ience'· ransferred h. ' 8 s defined in sectio~ {~d' m~ans a transferred child ,, O th is Ordinance ; , CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS. ,., , 'young person means (a) in the case of a per to take part in a n emp_1oyed 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 (b) in any other case, a person who has attained the agfe ?fhfourte n years and is under the age o e1g teen ears. (2) 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. I . PART WELFA E.