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No person to engage
a Servant without
Certificate of
Registration.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28tи JULY, 1866.
No Servant to engage himself without
Certificate of
Registration.
Servant hereafter
engaging biraself as such to produce Cer-
XXVII. It shall not be lawful for any Person other than a Chinese to engage and employ any Servant who shall not be provided with a Certificate of Registration.
XXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to engage himself as a Servant without being provided with a Certificate of Registration.
XXIX. Every Person who shall engage himself after the commencement of this Ordinance, as a Servant, shall within Seven Days thereafter report the same at the tificate to Registrar Registrar General's Office and produce his Certificate of Registration for the purpose General within Seven of having the Name of his Employer endorsed thereon and recorded in the said
Office.
Days.
Punishment for furnishing untrue Particulars.
Punishment for unlawfully using Certificate of Registration.
Violations of this Ordinance to be misdemeanours.
Certified Copies and Extracts from
Registrar General's
XXX. Every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars to the Registrar General concerning any matter required to be recorded by him under this Ordinance shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Ilard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Months, and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Five Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXI. Every person who shall use or attempt to use any Certificate of Registration which shall not have been duly obtained by him at the Registrar General's Office shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more than Six Calendar Months and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Ten Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.
XXXII. Every person violating any of the Provisions of this Ordinace shall be guilty of a Misdemeanour and in all cases not otherwise provided for shall be liable to be fined on Summary Conviction before a Magistrate of Police not more than Thirty Dollars nor less than Five Dollars for each Offence, or in default of payment of such fine or fines to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for a period not exceeding One Month nor less than Seven Days.
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XXXIII. All Copies or Extracts of or from any Register or Public Record kept in the Registrar General's Office for the purpose of this Ordinance and purporting to be Records to be received sealed with the seal of the said Office and to be certified as true. Copies or Extracts by the Registrar General shall be received 'n Evidence in all Courts in the Colony in lieu of the originals.
in Evidence.
Fees to be charged
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XXXIV. The several Fees specified in the Second Schedule hereto shall be charged under this Ordinance. in respect of Registration under this Ordinance.
Power to Governor in
XXXV. The Governor in Council may from time to time alter the Scale of Council to alter Scale. Fees payable under this Ordinance.
Governor to make Bye-Laws.
XXXVI. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered from time to time to make such Regulations and Bye-Laws as may be deemed necessary for carrying into effect the Provisions of this Ordinance.
(First Schedule.)
CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.
1
] has been duly registered as a Servant under the Provisions
[No.
This is to certify that [
of the Victoria Registration Ordinance 1866.
Special Capacity:
(List of Employers at the Back.)
(Second Schedule.)
Registration Fee of Owner of a House,.
Bond by non resident Owner of a House,
Registration Fee of Servant,
$1.00 $5.00
$0.25
Certified Copies or Extracts from Registrar General's Office 25 cents and for every folio above the first
10 cents.