(2) Copies of any such form shall be supplied to an employer free of charge on application to the Solarissione
Obtaining
or
supplying labour.
Advertisement
of vacancies.
Regulations in respect of employment agencies.
Interpreta- tion and application.
(Cap. 78.)
PART VII.
Employment Agencies.
26. No person shall, in the Colony, under 'ake any operation with the object of procuring, obtaining or supply. te labour of pe sons for employment within the Colony or under
erseas
contrats who do not spontaneously offer their services ither to
a pros ective employer direct or at an employment agency registered
with tle Commissioner.
27. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to prohibit the advertisement, in the press or by means of posters, notices, letters or word of mouth, of vacancies for employment.
28.
The Commissioner may make regulations for all or any
of the following matters -
(a) prescribing the manner in which employment agencies
shall be registered with the Commissioner;
(b) prescribing the conditions under which such registration
ray be refused or cancelled;
(c) prescribing the nature of the services in respect of
which employment agencies may charge fees and expenses;
(d) fixing the amounts of any such fees and expenses; (e) providing for the exemption, subject to such conditions
as may be prescribed, of all or any classes of employ- ment agencies from the provisions of this Part;
(f) prescribing the records to be kept and returns to be made to the Commissioner by employment agencies.
29. (1) In this Part
V
"employment agency" moans any person who acts as an intermediary
for the purpose of procuring or obtaining employment for another person or supplying the labour of another person for an employer with a view to deriving either directly or indirectly any pecuniary or other material advantage from either the employer or any such other person; but does not include newspapers or other publications unless they are published wholly or mainly for the purposes of acting as intermediarios between employers and prospective employees;
"overscas contract" has the meaning assigned to it in the
Contracts for Overseas Employment Ordinance.
(2) Section 3 shall not apply to this Part.