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LXXXIV.
The application must contain the following particulars:-
(1) The name, age, native district, previous record, and
address of the Recruiting Agent or of his representa- tive, together with two copies of a recent 2-inch bust photograph.
(2) Address of the recruiting office and branch recruiting
offices.
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Total capital for recruiting purposes.
Particulars of the organisation and class of factory recruiting labourers.
Total number of labourers required.
(6) Place of recruitment.
(7) Class of work.
(8)
Place of work.
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(9) Copy of agreement concluded between the employer and
the recruiting agent or of the employer's written authority.
(10) Where the recruiting agent is a foreign national a
certificate from his consul at the place of recruit- ment or nearest consulate thereto shall be produced.
(11)
Term of recruitment.
(12) Guarantee from reliable firm established in China.
In addition to the above stipulations, the recruiting agent shall, while representing the employer in concluding agreement with the labourers, conform to the Principles governing Contracts for Labourers proceeding abroad, and the contracts shall be chopped by a reliable firm established in China as guarantee.
The period allowed for the recruiting of labourers shall not exceed one year.
The recruiting agent may not recruit labourers outside the area stated in his licence.
On his application for a licence having been approved by the Overseas Affairs Committee the recruiting agent shall pay a fee of twenty dollars in addition to two dollars stamp duty.
Should a recruiting agent fail to commence recruiting within six months from the issue of his licence, then such licence shall be cancelled.
Before a licence is issued, the recruiting agent shall make a deposit as follows with such bank as shall be designated by the Overseas Affairs Committee:-
(a) Where the number of labourers to be recruited does not
exceed 200, a deposit of $2,000.
(b) Where the number of labourers to be recruited does not
exceed 500, a deposit of $5,000.