THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 21, 1940.
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remuneration obtainable by the worker in respect of the work after allowing for his necessary expenditure in connexion with the work shall be deemed to be wages.
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9.—(1) Where a worker in any trade, being a person Employers to whom a minimum rate of wages fixed by the Governor in fivt tu Council applies, is an apprentice or learner, it shall not be mium where lawful for his employer to receive directly or indirectly from him, or on his behalf or on his account, any payment by way force. of premium.
Provided that nothing in the foregoing provisions shall apply to any such payment duly made in pursuance of any instrument of apprenticeship not later than four weeks after the commencement of the employment.
(2) If any employer acts in contravention of this provi- sion, he shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and the court may by the conviction, in addition to imposing a fine, adjudge him to repay to the worker or other person by whom the payment was made the sum improperly received by way of premium.
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8 & 9 Gen. 5. c. 32, s. 7.
10.—(1) Any officer of any Government Department for Powers of the time being assisting in carrying this Ordinance into effect officers. shall have power for the performance of his duties-
(a) to require the production of wages sheets or other record of wages by an employer, and records of payments made to outworkers by persons giving out work and to inspect and examine the same and copy any material part thereof;
(b) to require any person giving out work and any out- worker to give any information which it is in his power to give with respect to the names and addresses of the persons to whom the work is given out or from whom the work is received, as the case may be, and with respect to the payments to be made for the work;
(c) at all reasonable times to enter any factory or work- shop or any place used for giving out work to outworkers;
() to inspect and copy any material part of any list of outworkers kept by an employer or person giving out work to outworkers; and
(e) to examine, either alone or in the presence of any other person, as he thinks fit. with respect to any matters under this Ordinance any person whom he finds in any factory or workshop or any place used for giving out work to outworkers, or whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been a worker in any trade to which a minimum rate under this Ordinance is applicable, and to require every such person to be so examined, and to sign a declaration of the truth of the matters in respect of which he is so examined.
(2) If any person fails to furnish the means required by an officer as necessary for any entry or inspection or the exercise of his powers under this section, or if any person hinders or molests any officer in the exercise of the powers given by this section, or refuses to produce any document or give any information which any ollicer requires him to produce or give under the powers given by this section, that
9 Edw. 1. c. 22, s. 15
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