EMPLOYERS AND SERVANTS.
No. 45 of 1902.
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tion of monthly
5. Every such contract may be determined (1) by either party thereto giving to the other notice to determine such contract at the termination of one calendar month from the date of such notice; or (2) at any time without notice by the employer paying to the servant in lieu of such notice the wages, if any, due to him for the time he has served and a further sum of money equal to one month's wages from the date of the determination of such contract.
6. A contract of service for more than one month shall be in writing and shall be executed in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
entitled to duplicate.
7. Every such contract shall be executed in duplicate in the presence of a Magistrate, or in the case of any sailor, boatman, or servant other person engaged for service on any cargo-boat or fishing or trading junk before the European police officer in charge of the police station of the district in which such contract is made, who shall before the execution thereof explain to the servant the nature of such contract, and upon the execution thereof shall endorse thereon his certificate that such contract has been duly explained by him to such servant, and thereafter shall deliver such duplicate to such servant.
duration of
8. No such contract shall be effective for a longer period than 5 years if made beyond the Colony, nor shall be for a longer period than 3 years if made within the Colony.
made beyond
9. Any person beyond the Colony desiring to enter into a contract to serve within the Colony may do so in writing in the presence of two witnesses who shall certify as such witnesses that the contract was, before the execution thereof, duly explained to the party or parties executing the same.
stated therein.
10. Every such contract shall clearly express therein the time for which it is to endure, the wages to be paid, the nature of the service to be performed, the sum of money (if any) to be chargeable against and deducted from the wages, and that the employer is bound to provide regular work at stipulated wages for the servant.
of contract
11. Any Magistrate, upon proof that such contract has been duly executed, may, if so desired by the parties thereto, endorse such contract as acknowledged before him and thereupon such contract shall be as valid and binding within the Colony as a contract of service in writing executed within the Colony.