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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 27, 1932.
HONG KONG.
No. 13 of 1932.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
L. S.
Officer Administering the Government.
27th May, 1932.
Short title.
Restriction on employ- ment on vessels of children under 14.
Registers
of members
or Crews
who are under 16.
Application.
Penalty.
Suspending claus.
An Ordinance to regulate the employment of Young Persons
and Children at Sea.
[27th May, 1932.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment of Young Persons and Children at Sea Ordinance, 1932.
2. Children under fourteen years of age shall not be employed or work on vessels, other than vessels upon which only members of the same family are employed: Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the employment or work of such a child on any junk or sampan if the child is in the charge of a relative who is also a member of the crew of such junk or sampan and if such relative is in the opinion of the Harbour Master a fit and proper person to have charge of such child. Provided also that nothing in this section shail affect the employment or work of such a child on any school ship or training ship if such employment and work is approved and supervised by public authority.
3. The master of every vessel registered or licensed in the Colony shall keep a register, in a form supplied or approved by the Harbour Master, of all persons under the age of sixteen years employed by him on board his vessel, or a list of them in the articles of agreement, and the dates of their births.
4. For the purposes of this Ordinance the term "vessel” includes all ships and boats of any nature whatsoever, engaged in maritime navigation whether publicly or privately owned, except ships of war.
5. Any person who contravenes any provision of this Ordinance shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
6. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation that it is His Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 26th day of May, 1932.
R. A. C. NORTH, Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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