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Amendment

of Second Schedule,

3. The Second Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended in the Oath of Fidelity by deleting "Officer Administer- ing the Government of this Colony for the time being" and sub- stituting the following-

"Acting Governor”.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 8th day of July, 1970.

HONG KONG

No. 71 of 1970,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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.

to

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

I assent.

Krunch.

Governor.

9th July, 1970.

An Ordinance to amend further the Employment Ordinance.

[10th July, 1970.]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment (Amend- ment) (No. 3) Ordinance 1970,

2. Section 2A of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsection (1), by inserting before "Schedule" the following-

"First".

3. The principal Ordinance is amended, in Part III. by adding after section 20 the following new section-

"Employer

not to

enter into

20A. (1) No person shall enter into, renew or continue a contract of employment as an employer unless he believes upon reasonable grounds that he employment will be able to pay all wages due under the contract

of employment as they become due.

contract of

without

reasonable

belief that

be can pay

Wages.

(2) An employer shall, if he ceases to believe upon reasonable grounds that he will be able to pay

Short tide.

Amendment of section ZA. (CAÐ. ST.J

Addition of new section 20A.