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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 Muitsai 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 refer- ence shall be given to the employer and to the Muitsai, 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 Muitsai shall be in the form given in Appendix B.
5.-(1) The employer shall make and sign a report upon: (a) the death of the Muitsai;
(b) the disappearance of the Muitsai;
(c) any intended removal of the Muitsai from the Colony whether
temporarily or permanently;
(d) any change whether temporary or permanent in the address
at which the Muitsai or the employer resides;
(e) the intended marriage of the Muitsai.
(2) Any such report may be made at the office of the Secretary (22.8.30). for Chinese Affairs, or at the office of the District Officer at Tai Po, or at any police station, or at the Tung Wa Hospital, or at the Kwong Wah Hospital, 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 Muitsai, by 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 Muitsai must be produced on any such report.1
Remuneration of Muitsai.
7. Every Muitsai of or over the age of 10 years and under the age of 15 years shall be entitled to wages at the rate of one dollar per month, and every Muitsai of or over the age of 15 years shall be entitled to wages at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents per month.2
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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 Muitsai by reason of the death of the former employer of such Muitsai, 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 Muitsai.
(22.8.30).-As amended by G.N. No. 519 of 1930.
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See also section 6 (2) of Ordinance No. 1 of 1923, which reads as follows:- 6 (2) Every employer of a Muitsai shall provide such Muitsai with sufficient food and clothing of a reasonable kind, and, in case of illness, with such medical attendance as such employer might reasonably have been expected to provide for his own daughter.
(4.9.31). As amended by G.N. No. 550 of 1931.