Addition of new section 8A.
Amendment of section 10.
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by or on behalf of the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom:
(ii) a current labour permit issued under sub- paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) of Article 4 of the Aliens Order 1953 by or on behalf of the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom; or
(iii) a current work permit issued, under any other United Kingdom law for the time being in force governing immigration into the United Kingdom, by or on behalf of the appropriate authority in the United Kingdom;”.
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 8, the following-
**Stamping of docu-
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8A. If any overseas contract or any bond or guarantee excuted for the purposes of section 8 is chargeable with stamp duty under the Stamp Ordin- ance, the employer shall be liable for the stamping thereof.".
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Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following-
**(2) The Commissioner may refuse to attest any such
contract-
(a) if he is not satisfied in regard to any of the matters
specified in subsection (1); or
(b) if he is satisfied that the terms thereof are unfair to the worker or do not adequately protect the worker's interest,
and any contract which the Commissioner has refused to attest, being a contract required to be presented to him for attestation pursuant to section 6. shall have no further validity.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 21st day of July. 1971.
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This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Clerk to the Legislative Council,