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EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1988

A BILL

To

Short title

Interpretation (Cap. 57)

Amend the Employment Ordinance.

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 (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1988.

2.

Section 2 of the Employment Ordinance is amended-

(a) by adding after the definition of "holiday pay"-

(Cap. 178)

"issue" means a child whether under the age of majority or

not of a deceased employee and-

(a) includes a step-child;

(b) includes a child adopted by the employee, but does not include a child of the employee adopted by another person;

(c) does not include an illegitimate child; and

(d) where polygamy lawfully subsists, does not include a child who is not an adopted child of the employee unless his mother was, at the time of his birth, the employee's principal wife-

(i) in case the relevant marriage or, where appro- priate, each such marriage constitutes a customary marriage for the purposes of the Marriage Reform Ordinance, according to Chinese law and custom; or

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