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EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3)

HONG KONG

No. 67 OF 1974

L.S.

I assent.

Ord. No. 67/74

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MURRAY MACLEHOSE,

Governor.

21st August, 1974.

An Ordinance to amend the Employment Ordinance.

[23rd August, 1974]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Employment (Amend- Short title. ment) (No. 3) Ordinance 1974.

2. Section 4(2)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment inserting after "(a)" the following-

of section 4.

(Cap. 57.)

"subject to subsection (2) of section 31G,".

3.

Section 11(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting the proviso and substituting the following-

"Provided that the period of lay-off shall in no case exceed a total of twelve normal working days in any period of four consecutive weeks.".

of section 11.

4. Section 25(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting "Where" and substituting the following-

5.

"Subject to section 310, where".

of section 25.

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after Addition of Part V, the following new Part-

new Part VA.

"PART VA

Interpreta- tion.

[cf. 1965 c. 62. s. 25(1).]

SEVERANCE PAYMENTS

31A. In this Part and the Third Schedule, unless

the context otherwise requires-

"business" includes a trade or profession and any

activity carried on by a person;