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14. Section 16 adds a new section 334, to the principal

Ordinance whích víli ampover a court to prohibit the employman t

of a person convicted of an offence under Part II. The court

will only be able to impose such a prohibition if it considers

it to be in the public interest to do so. The terms of the

prohibition, which cannot exceed 7 years, will be left to the

discretion of the court, which can prohibit employment as r

director, partner, manager or similar capacity. where an order

has been made, the person to whom the order applies can apply

to the court to have it varied or cancelled. în such an application,

to which the Attorney General will be a party, the court will

consider all the circumstances, including any change in the

circumstances of the applicant and whether it would be in the

public interest for the order to be varied or cancelled.

Contravention of an order will be an offence, punishable by a

fine of up to $50,000 and imprisonment for up to 12 months.

15. Before the Governor assented to the Bill in the

name and on behalf of Her Majesty, the Attorney General advised

that he could properly do so.

30th June, 1980.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

HDWG KO

J. Y. Mathers

Lew Draftsman (Acting).