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Delegation
by Commis.
SOCHODU.
Contracts to which the Ordinance applies.
(10 No 11 Eliz. 2, c. 211.
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And to
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"dependant" means the spouse of a worker, and his or her children, step-children, and lawfully adopted children, who are unmarried and under the age of sixteen years;
"manual worker" includes personal and domestic servants: "overseas contract" means a contract to which this Ordinance applies; "worker" means a person who has entered or is about to enter the employment of another under a contract to which this Ordinance applies.
3. The Commissioner may, in writing, delegate to any public officer, either generally or for any particular purpose and either by name or by reference to a public office, such of his powers and functions under this Ordinance as he may consider expedient.
A This Ordinance applies to contracts of employment entered into in the Colony after the commencement of this Ordinance, by which a person in the Colony enters or agrees to enter into the service of another person as a manual worker, where the contract is to be per- formed, whether wholly or partially, outside the Colony:
Provided that this Ordinance shall not apply in respect of-
(a) persons employed for service as members of the crews of ships
or aircraft:
(b) persons proceeding to the United Kingdom for the purpose of employment there who are in possession of a current voucher issued for the purposes of section 2 of the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 by or on behalf of the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom;
(e) any person or class of persons migrating for employment in respect of whom the Commissioner is satisfied that admission to the country of immigration will be granted on a permanent basis.
PART II.
CONTROL OF OVERSEAS CONTRACTS.
5. (1) Every overseas contract shall be in writing, and, before the be in writing departure of the worker from the Colony, shall be signed by the worker and by the employer or other person acting on behalf of the employer: Provided that a worker who is unable to sign may indicate his assent by affixing to the contract the impression of his thumb.
contain certain
particulars.
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(2) Every overseas contract shall contain all such particulars as may be necessary to define the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, and shall in all cases include the following-
(a) the name of the employer and where applicable the name of
the business or undertaking:
(b) the name of the worker and particulars of the place of engage- ment and the place of origin of the worker and any other particulars necessary for his identification:
(c) the name of the place at which the contract is to be performed
and particulars of the nature of the employment;
(d) particulars of the rates of wages, including rates for overtime work where applicable, and the manner and periodicity of pay- ment;
(e) particulars governing the advances of wages, if any, and the
manner of repayment of any such advances;
(f) except in the case of a contract for employment in domestic service, particulars of the days and hours during which the worker may be called on to work and of his entitlement in respect of rest days and paid holidays;
(g) particulars of the duration of the contract, the grounds of, provision for, and manner of, terminating the contract, pro- visions for varying the contract and provisions for re- engagement of the worker;
() a stipulation that the contract shall not be transferred from the employer to any other employer except with the consent of the worker freely given and not obtained by or as a result of any threat, intimidation, bribery, deceit, undue influence, mis- representation or mistake, and except with the endorsement of the transfer upon the contract by an officer or official of the country in which the contract is performed for the time being responsible for matters pertaining to employment;
(i) particulars of the measures to be taken to provide for the welfare of the worker and any dependants who may accompany him under the terms of the contract, including particulars as to medical treatment, compensation in the event of the death of or injury to, or incapacity due to occupational disease of, the worker arising out of and in the course of the employment, and the provision of food and quarters;
U particulars relating to the passage of the worker and his de- pendants to and from the place at which the contract is to be performed and an undertaking that the passage of the worker and his dependants to the place at which the contract is to be performed and all necessary documents, including travel and