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Ordinance. That section disapplies Part IV of the .
Ordinance (which deals with rest days) in relation to the
employment of women and young persons in industrial
undertakings and to whom the Factories and Industrial
Undertakings Regulations apply. It is proposed to replace
those regulations by regulations made under section 73 of
the Employment Ordinance.
Clause 6 extends the powers given under section
72 of the Ordinance relating to the entry and inspection
(and related matters) of places of employment by public
officers authorized to do so by the Commissioner for
Labour. These powers are similar to those contained in
section 4 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings
Ordinance.
Clause 7 brings into the Employment Ordinance
provisions corresponding to those contained in sections
5, 6 and 16 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings
Ordinance. These, respectively, deal with, the non-
disclosure by public officers of the origin of complaints
against employers in respect of contraventions of the
Ordinance; the non-termination by an employer of the
employment of his employee by reason of the employee
giving evidence in proceedings for the enforcement of the
Ordinance; and presumptions relating to the ages of young
persons and children working in places of employment.
Clause 8 amends section 73(1) of the principal Ordinance to enable regulations to be made, firstly to
empower the Commissioner for Labour to make, in respect of