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until an order is made in relation to it under subsection (1)(b); and where an order is made under subsection (1)(b) in relation to this Part or any provision of it, the operation of this Part or, as the case may be, of that provision shall be discontinued until such time as a further order is made under subsection (1)(a) in relation to it.
(3) Section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap.1) shall have the same effect in relation to the discontinuance of the operation of any provision by virtue of an order under subsection (1)(b) as it would have if such provision had been repealed.
17G. Interpretation
(1) In this Part-
"appointed day" means the day last declared under section 17F(1)(a) for section 17I to come into operation;
"approved document" means a document approved by the Governor under subsection (2)(c)(v);
"certificate of exemption" means a certificate issued by the Commissioner of Registration to a person who by virtue of regulation 25(e) of the Registration of Persons Regulations (Cap.177 sub. leg.) (relating to the aged, the blind and the infirm) is not required to be registered under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap.177);
"contract of employment" means any agreement, whether in writing or oral, express or implied, whereby one person agrees to employ another and that other agrees to serve his employer as an employee and includes a contract of apprenticeship;
"employee" means any person who has entered into a contract of employment to be employed by any other person as an employee or apprentice;
"employer" means any person who has entered into a contract of employment to employ any other person as an employee or apprentice, and the duly authorized agent, manager or factor of such first mentioned person;
"identity card" includes a document issued by the Commissioner of Registration acknowledging that the holder has applied-
(a) to be registered under the Registration of Persons Ordinance (Cap.177); or
(b) for a new identity card under regulation 13 or 14 of the Registration of Persons Regulations (Cap.177 sub. leg.);
"official passport" means a passport issued by a foreign Government to an employee of that Government for the purpose of carrying out official duties;
"record of employees" means a record required to be kept under section 17K.
(2) Without prejudice to any provision of this Ordinance relating to conditions of stay which may be imposed on any person, a person is lawfully employable for the purposes of this Part only if-
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