Amendment
3.
of section 6.
Amendment
of section 7.
Amendment
2
Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended—–
(a) in paragraph (a)(ii) by deleting "or" in the last place.
where it occurs;
(b) in paragraph (a)(iii) by inserting after *1970" the |
following-
"and before the 1st day of July 1974"; and (c) by inserting after paragraph (a)(iii) the following new
sub-paragraph-
"(iv) where the accident happens on or after the 1st day of July 1974, be a sum equal to thirty- six months' earnings or sixty thousand dollars, whichever is less:
Provided that in no case shall the sum payable under this sub-paragraph be less than nine thousand six hundred dollars:".
Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in paragraph (b) by deleting "or" in the last place
where it occurs:
(b) in paragraph (c)--
(i) by inserting after "1970" the following-
"and before the 1st day of July 1974"; and
(i) by deleting the full stop at the end of the proviso and substituting a semicolon; and
(c) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following new
paragraph-.
5.
"(d) where the accident happens on or after the 1st day of July 1974, be a sum equal to forty- eight months' earnings or eighty thousand dollars, whichever is less:
Provided that in no case shall the sum payable under this paragraph be less than twelve thousand eight hundred dollars.".
Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by of section 8. deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following-
"(4) Compensation payable under this section shall-
(a) where the accident happens before the 1st day of July 1974, not exceed twenty-four thousand dollars;
(b) where the accident happens on or after the 1st day of July 1974, not exceed thirty-two thousand dollars.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 27th day of March, 1974.
Curvee
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
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.
Имеет
Clerk to the Legislative Council.