EMPLOYERS AND SERVANTS.
No. 45 of 1902.
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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 indorse thereon his certificate that such contract has been duly explained by him to such servant, and thereafter shall deliver such duplicate to such servant.
8. No such contract shall be effective for a longer period than five years if made beyond the Colony, nor shall be for a longer period than three years if made within the Colony.
Limitation of duration of contract.
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.
Contract made beyond Colony for service within.
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.
What conditions shall be stated therein.
11. Any magistrate, upon proof that such contract has been duly executed, may, if so desired by the parties thereto, indorse 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.
Indorsement of contract by magistrate.
12. Every question between the parties to any contract of service respecting wages, and every question respecting any alleged wrongful determination of any contract of service, shall be heard and determined by a magistrate in summary manner in accordance with the law regulating procedure before magistrates.
Questions respecting wages and alleged wrongful determination of contract to be determined by magistrate.
[cf. Ord. No. 41 of 1932.]
13. On the hearing of any complaint for the recovery of wages,
* As amended by No. 10 of 1932 [27.5.32].
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
Power of magistrate over wages,