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CONTRACTS FOR OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT
Ond No. 4/4S,
Ordinance
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This Ordinance applies to contracts of cuployment anteced Contracts to Eato in the Colony after the commencement of this Ordinance, by which which the a person in the Colony enters or agrees to enter into the service of applies. another person as a manual worker, where the contract is to be per- formed, whether wholly or partially, outside the Colony:
Provided that this Ordinance shall not apply in respect of--
(a) persons employed for service as members of the crews of ships
or aircraft;
(b) persons proceeding to the United Kingdom for the purpose of employment there who are in possession of a current voucher issued for the purposes of section 2 of the Commonwealth (10 & 11 Immigrants Act 1962 by or on behalf of the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom;
(c) any person or class of persons migrating for employment in respect of whom the Commissioner is satisfied that admission to the country of immigration will be granted on a permanent basis.
Eliz. 2.
c. 21).
PART II.
CONTROL OF Overseas CONTRACTS.
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5. (1) Every overseas contract shall be in writing, and, before the Overcas Jeparture of the worker from the Colony, shall be signed by the worker and by the employer or other person acting on behalf of the employer
Provided that a worker who is unable to sign may indicate his assent by affixing to the contract the impression of his thumb.
(2) Every overseas contract shall contain all such particulars as KRCY he necessary to define the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, and shall in all cases include the following-
(a) the name of the employer and where applicable the name of
the business or undertaking;
(A) the name of the worker and particulars of the place of engage- meat and the place of origin of the worker and any other particulars necessary for his identification;
(c) the name of the place at which the contract is to be performed
and particulars of the nature of the employment;
(d) particulars of the rates of waga, including rates for overtime work where applicable, and the mannor and periodicity of pay-
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(s) particulars governing the advances of wages, if any, and the
anammer of repayment of any such advances;
contain certain particulars.
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