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A BILL

ANNEX A TO XCR(74)123

To

Amend the Bankruptcy Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title and

commencement.

(Cap. 57.)

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Bankruptcy

(Amendment) Ordinance 1974 and shall come into operation

on the day appointed by the Governor by notice in the

Gazette for the purposes of section 20C(1) of the

Employment Ordinance.

Amendment of

2.

section 38. (Cap. 6.)

Section 38 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (1) by inserting 'after

paragraph (c) the following new paragraph

(Cap. 57.)

"(ca)

any severance payment payable to

an employee under the Employment

Ordinance, not exceeding in respect

of each employee six thousand

dollars; ";

(b) in subsection (3) by deleting "and (c)" and

substituting the following

", (c) and (ca)"; and