Clause 3 (a)
read
"Employee" night with the existing
definition of "workmen" (to be
deleted). Is "or worked under"
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in lines one to two correct, or
should it read "or works under?
Clause 4 (b)
This is a useful addition to the
law in as much as it gives protection
to temporary groupings of workers
which come into existence forthe
purposes of a specific trade
www.dispute, but who, under a system
of compulsory registration, would
but for this amendment, by denied
normal trade union protection
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against actions for tort, conspiracy,
restraint of trade, etc.
Clause 12
The explanation given in paragraphs
4and 5 of your above despatch
does not seem to me to justify
spreading the net as widely as
the new sub-section (3) proposes
against officers of a union.
There must be a multitude of
offences in Hong Kong which are
punishable with imprisionment
for a term of not less than 2
years, e.g. some motoring offences,
but are there
Criminal Dences?
bigamy, etc. Moreover, the particular
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circumstances of the case may be
so extenuating that a fine or
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