THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 8, 1929.
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No. 568.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 12 of the Female Domestic Service Ordinance, 1923, Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, on the 7th day of November,
1929.
Registration.
1. Registration may be effected at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or at the office of the District Officer at Tai Po, or at any police station. The register shall be kept by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
2. The particulars required on registration shall be those specified in Appendix A, so far as they can reasonably be ascertained, and the finger prints of the mui-tsai shall be recorded in the register.
3. The registration form, when filled up, shall be read by or to the employer, or shall be interpreted to him if he is unable to read or understand English sufficiently well, and shall be signed by the employer.
4. As soon as may be after registration, identification tickets, in English and Chinese, for the purpose of facilitating future reference shall be given to the employer and to the mui-tsai, and the said tickets shall be carefully preserved by them and shall be produced by them on the occasion of any subsequent application or report. The ticket given to the employer and to the mui-tsai shall be in the form given in Appen- dix B.
5.--(1) The employer shall make and sign a report upon :-
(a) the death of the mui-tsai;
(b) the disappearance of the mui-tsai;
(e) any intended removal of the mui-tsai from the Colony whether temporarily
or permanently;
(d) any change of address of the mui-tsai or of the employer;
(e) the intended marriage of the mui-tsai.
(2) Any such report may be made at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or at the office of the District Officer at Tai Po, or at any police station, provided that if no identification ticket is produced any such report must be made at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.
Change in actual employer, owing to death, etc.
6. Any report as to the change in the actual employer of a mui-tsai, by reason of the death of the former employer or for any other reason, may be made at the office of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, or at the office of the District Officer at Tai Po, or at any police station. The mui-lsai must be produced on any such report.
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See also section 9 (2) of Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, which reads as follows :-
9 (2) Every person who after the 14th day of February, 1923, shall become the actual employer of a mui tsai by reason of the death of the former employer of such mui tsai, or for any other reason, shall report such fact in the prescribed manner within one week after he shall have become the actual employer of such mui tsai.