Amendment
of section 4,
Addition of
now sec- tion TA.
3.
2
day of April, 1965, if, within one month after it has been made, the contract is attested by the Commissioner of Labour or by any person authorized by him for such purpose.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the provisions of subsection (2A) of section 4 shall not apply to any contract made before the 1st day of April, 1965.",
Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by the insertion, after subsection (2), of the following new
subsection-
"(2A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a contract of service for a period of six months or more than six months or for a number of working days equivalent to six months or more than six months, other than an agreement between a seaman and the master of a ship, shall be deemed to be a contract for one month renewable from month to month."; and
(b) in subsection (3), by the insertion, after the word, brackets and
figure "subsection (2)", of the following—
4.
"or (2A)*.
The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 7, of the following new section-
"Prohibition
In respect of obtaining
and supply. ing labour.
7A. (1) No person shall undertake any operation with the object of obtaining or supplying the labour of persons who do not spontaneously offer their services either to an employer direct or to an employment office registered with the Commissioner of Labour.
(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and six months imprisonment.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro- hibit the advertisement, in the press or by means of posters, notices, letters or word of mouth, of vacancies for employment.".
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 11th day of March, 1965, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat GR6/3231/50)