CO129-565-13 Recruitment of Chinese labourers for employment abroad 1-8-1937 - 30-3-1938 — Page 37

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Not exceeding 40 per cent of the total amount of the

deposit may be made in Government Bonds or Treasury

After the labourerse shall have reached

Certificates.

the place of work, the recruiting agent shall return

the licence for cancellation, and the deposit shall be

refunded to him.

The recruiting agent shall advertise beforehand the

date or departure of the labourers and shall report the

same to the local Overseas Affairs Bureau or the local

government who shall transmit such report to the Overseas

Affairs Committee. If, after recruitment, changes are

made whereby the labourers do not proceed abroad, then

the recruiting agent shall compensate the labourers for

losses suffered and pay their expenses home. Should the

recruiting agent fail to pay such compensation, then the

Overseas Affairs Committee may draw the amount required

from the deposit and pay it to the labourers.

A recruiting agent shall not extort money from labourers.

Should a recruiting agent fail to observe these Rules or

practice any fraud against the labourers he is recruiting,

then his licence shall be cancelled and he shall be

responsible for the payment of all losses suffered by the

labourers. The Overseas Affairs Committee shallpay the

compensation from the deposit according to the merits of

the case. The recruiting Agent shall then be handed

over to the local authorities to be dealt with according

to law.

Should any person recruit labourers secretly without a

permit, then he shall be handed over to the local

authorities to be dealt with according to law.

14. Any recruiting agent whose licence shall have been

cancelled or who shall have suffered punishment by the

local