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ences

and penalties.

Liability for

outstanding wages.

PANT VIII.

Offences and Penalties.

30. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of section 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 26, subsection (1) of section 13, subsection (2) of section 16, subsection (1) or (2) of section 20, subsection (1) or (2) of section 21, subsection (1)

of section 23 or subsection (1) of section 25, be guilty of an

offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five

thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

31.

An employer convicted of an offence under this Ordinance shall, in addition to any penalty imposed under section 30, if the court before which the conviction was obtained so orders, be liable

in to pay any wages, outstanding at the time of the conviction,

relation to which the offence was committed.

Exemption

from payment of fees and

costs in

certain

cases.

Prosecution

of offences.

PART IX.

Miscellaneous.

32. No fees shall be payable by and no costs excocding fifty dollars shall be ewarded against any employee or his employer in respect of any proceedings, concerning, a contract of service, instituted in the District Court, by or on behalf of either party

against the other party

(a) for the recovery of wages or any other sum alleged to

be due under such contract; or

(b) for the recovery of damages for alleged wrongful

dismissel or wrongful termination of such contract;

Provided that, notwithstanding this section, the court may make such order as to costs as it thinks fit in any case where the court is satisfied that the institution of any such proceedings, or the conduct

of any party thereto, amounts to an abuse of the process

of the court.

33. (1) A prosecution for an offence under this Ordinance may be brought in the narc of the Commissioner, and may be commenced and conducted by any officer of the Labour Department authorized in writing by the Commissioner to do so.

(2) Save as provided in subsection (1), no prosecution for an offence under this Ordinance shall be commenced without the

consent in writing of the Commissioner.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to derogate from the powers of the Attorney General in relation to the prosecution of criminal offences.