Refusal to Issue, or
revocation
of, licences.
(3) Separate licences, one authorizing the em- ployment agency to obtain employment within Hong Kong, and another authorizing it to obtain employ- ment outside Hong Kong, may be issued under this section to the sanie employment agency.
(4) Subject to section 28C, a licence issued under subsection (1) shall be valid for twelve months after the date on which it is issued.
(5) The Commissioner may, upon application in such manner as may be prescribed, renew a licence issued under subsection (1)
28C. (1) The Commissioner may refuse to issue or renew a licence, or may revoke a licence, if he is satisfied on reasonable grounds-
(a) that the name under which the employment agency is operated or is intended to be operated
() is identical with the name of another employment agency which is being, or has been, carried on by another person; or
(ii) so nearly resembles the name of another employment agency as to be likely to deceive the public;
(6) that the employment agency is being, or is likely to be, used for unlawful or immoral purposes; or
(c) that the person operating, or intending to
operate, the employment agency-
(i) is an undischarged bankrupt; (3) has, within the preceding five years, been convicted of an offence against the person of a child, young person or woman or of an offence involving membership of a triad society, fraud, dishonesty or extortion;
(iii) has knowingly furnished to the Com- missioner any false or misleading informa- tion in connexion with his application for the issue or renewal of the licence;
(iv) has contravened any provision of this Part or any regulation made under section 30; or
(v) is not, for any other reason, a fit and proper person to operate an employment agency.
Commis-
sioner's
power of exemption.
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(2) The Commissioner shall, if he refuses to issue or renew a licence or revokes a licence, within fourteen days after such refusal or revocation, notify the applicant or licensee in writing of the grounds for such refusal or revocation.
(3) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner taken under subsection (1) may, within fourteen days after be is notified under subsection (2), appeal to the Governor against the decision by lodg- ing notice of the appeal and the grounds therefor in writing at the office of the Colonial Secretary.
(4) When considering any appeal to him under subsection (3) the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the Commissioner's decision or make such other order as he thinks fit.
(5) The licensee shall, if the Commissioner refuses to renew or revokes his licence under sub- section (1), within fourteen days after-
(a) he is notified under subsection (2); or (b) if he has appealed under subsection (3), he is notified of the Governor's dismissal of the appeal,
deliver the licence, and every copy thereof, to the Commissioner.
28D. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Commis- sioner may, upon application in such manner as may be prescribed, exempt an employment agency from obtaining a licence under section 28B, subject to such conditions as he may specify, if he is satisfied that the employment agency is non-profit making and should, in the public interest, be so cxempted.
(2) The Commissioner shall not exempt under subsection (1) any employment agency which obtains employment for or in connexion with persons outside Hong Kong.
(3) The Commissioner shall issue to any person exempted under subsection (1) a certificate of exemption.
(4) A certificate of exemption issued under sub- section (3) shall-
(a) be in the prescribed form;
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