HONG KONG
No. 23 of 1965.
assent.
Wheuch
„Governor“
29th April, 1965.
An Ordinance further to amend the Workmen's Compensation Ordio-
ance 1953.
[30th April, 1965.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows—
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Workmen's Compensation Sbort tide. (Amendment) Ordinance 1965.
2. Section 6 of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance 1953 Amendment (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance) is amended, in of section 6. paragraph (a), by the deletion of the words "be a sum equal to thirty- 38 of 1993). six months' earnings or ten thousand dollars" and the substitution therefor of the following-
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where the accident happens before the 1st day of May, 1965, be a sum equal to thirty-six months earnings or ten thousand dollars, whichever is less, and shall, where the accident happens on or after the 1st day of May, 1965, be a sum equal to thirty-six months' earnings or eighteen thousand dollars,”