B624
L.N. 189/67.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
for the day by a notice posted under regulation 10, he may employ during that interval any women or young persons who are not to be employed overtime on that day, but save as aforesaid the provisions of these regulations relating to continuous employment and intervals for meals or rest shall apply to overtime employment in like manner as they apply to other employment.
(5) If the Commissioner is satisfied that overtime employment in any industrial undertaking of women or young persons, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, in any process will prejudicially affect the health of such women or young persons, or any class of them, he may by notice in writing served upon the proprietor thereof either prohibit the overtime employment in that process of such women or young persons, or such class of them, or make such further restrictions as to the amount of such overtime employ- ment or otherwise as he thinks fit.
(6) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that work in any class or description of industrial under- taking is subject to seasonal or other special pressure, he may by order published in the Gazette as respects any class or description of industrial undertaking--
(a) increase for women or young persons, em- ployed in any specified process, during any period of such pressure, the hours of work and the period of employment allowed in a day under this regulation, so, however, that the increase shall only take place in such number of weeks, not exceeding eight in any year, as may be specified in the order;
(b) increase the hours of overtime employment allowed for an industrial undertaking under this regulation in a year to an aggregate not exceeding two hundred hours.
(7) The Commissioner may authorize in writing the increase of the aggregate number of hours of over- time employment allowed for an industrial under- taking under this regulation if he is satisfied that the increase is necessary by reason of unforeseen pressure of work due to sudden orders, or by reason of a
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