“24. To enable the court to be cleared (representatives of the press being allowed to remain) during proceedings relating to offences against morality or decency, and to enable the worst of such cases to be tried _in camera_. “25. To repeal--(_a_) The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885; (_b_) The Vagrancy Act, 1898; (_c_) The Punishment of Incest Act, 1908; (_d_) Sections sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, one hundred and twenty-eight (2), of the Children Act, 1908, and the Second Schedule of that Act; (_e_) The Obscene Publications Act, 1857; (_f_) The Indecent Advertisements Act, 1889; (_g_) Other enactments.” The comprehensive nature of the Morality Bill can scarcely be doubted after a perusal of the foregoing _Memorandum_. There is no question whatever, the bulk of the provisions are good. But the penal offence constituted by a prostitute’s intercourse with a boy under nineteen seems somewhat far-fetched. The intention may be good, though it would look peculiar as a section of a statute. There is no need to comment further on the subject here. Prior to going through the Bill, the writer had intended suggesting the insertion in it of the following provision: “In any case where it has been proved that a girl was induced to sexual intercourse on the promise or understanding that a theatrical or other engagement was to be the result of such intercourse, or where a theatrical or other engagement has already been obtained and is to be continued only on submission to an act of sexual intercourse with a manager, proprietor, or other person in authority, then such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour punishable with imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding twelve months.” On examining the contents of the Bill, he, however, found the contingency provided for in section 8. “8.--(1) If any male person shall obtain, or if any person of either sex shall aid or abet any male person in obtaining, connection with any woman by any inducement or threat in connection with her employment in any capacity, or with any attempt on her part to obtain employment in any capacity, such person shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years, or to be kept in penal servitude for any term not less than three years and not exceeding five years. (2) If any male person shall attempt to obtain, or if any person of either sex shall aid or abet any male person in attempting to obtain, connection with any woman by any inducement or threat in connection with her employment in any capacity, or with any attempt on her part to obtain employment in any capacity, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable upon conviction on indictment to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.”