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local authorities in accordance with the provisions of these

Rules shall not be eligible to receive a new licence as

recruiting agent before the expiry of one year in the former

case and of three years in the latter case.

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These Rules shall come into force when they have been

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approved by the Executive Yuan.

PRINCIPLES governing Contracts for Labourers

proceeding abroad.

Promulgated by the Overseas Affairs) Committee, on November 6th, 1936.

These Principles are drawn up in accordance with the provision

of Article 6 of the Ordinance governing the Emigration of

Labourers.

All Chinese labourers, who are engaged to work abroad on

agricultural industries, fisheries, factories, and mines,

whether belonging to foreigners, or Chinese, shall, prior to

their departure abroad, enter into a contract with the

employer in accordance with the principles of these regulations

and such contracts shall be submitted to the Overseas Affairs

Committee for approval. The contract shall be prepared in

both English and Chinese, in quadruplicate, with four 2-inch

bust photographs of the labourer. Of these four copies of

the contract one shall be transmitted to the Overseas Affairs

Committee for record, one to the Consul for China at the

place of labour while one copy each shall be retained by the

employer and labourer. The form of contract shall be laid

down by the Overseas Affairs Committee.

The contract which shall be signed by both labourer and

employer and to which the employer shall produce a shop

guarantee, shall be witnessed by the local Overseas Affairs

Bureau or the local authorities or by a Labour Union.

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