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G.F. 316

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to be liable to be terminated under this

subsection.

Offence to be employer of a person who is not lawfully employable.

171. (1) Any person who is the employer

of an employee who is not lawfully employable

commits an offence and is liable to a fine of

$50,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year.

(2) It shall be a defence in proceedings

for an offence under this section to prove

that the employee in respect of whom the

offence is alleged to have been committed had

been absent from work continuously from

the date when section 17H last came into

operation until 72 hours before the date

of the alleged offence.

(3) It shall not be a defence in

proceedings for an offence under this

section that the employee entered the

employment of the employer before the

appointed day.

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