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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH DECEMBER, 1874.
All changes to
XXIV. Upon any change taking place in the partners or their be registered. ` residence, or in the manager or his residence, or in any other of the foregoing matters, the master or manager of the business shall within fourteen days thereafter furnish the Registrar General with full particulars of such change for entry in thẻ register.
Trader ceasing XXV. Every trader ceasing to carry on his trade, or being to trade or be- adjudicated insolvent, or liquidating his business under arrange- coming insol- vent to give
ment or composition, shall notify the same in writing to the notice.
Registrar General within fourteen days of such cessation, in- solvency, or liquidation.
Inspection of register.
Penalty if
ticulars not
furnished.
Register of
servants.
par-
Servant's re-
tificate to be
given to em- ployer.
XXVI. The register shall be open for inspection by the public on payment of the fees specified in the second schedule hereto.
XXVII. If the particulars hereby required are not furnished to the Registrar General within the period of thirty days, or of fourteen days, as the case may be, the manager of the shop, hong or place of business in default, and every partner resident in the Colony, shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars to be recovered, if not paid forth- with, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the partnership as well as of the person convicted.
Registration of Servants.
XXVIII. A register of servants shall be kept at the Registrar General's office, and any servant may appear personally at the Registrar General's office and furnish the following particulars to be entered in such register:
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1st. Full names and native place.
2nd. Age.
3rd. Particular capacity in which employed.
4th. Name and address of employer.
5th. Such other particulars as may, from time to time, be
required of him.
XXIX. Every servant, upon complying with the provisions of the last section, shall be entitled to receive from the Registrar General a numbered certificate of registration in the form given in the first schedule hereto, or such other form as the Governor in Council may, from time to time, approve, and the Registrar Ge- neral shall endorse upon such certificate the names of the employers of such servant.
XXX. Every registered servant shall deliver his certificate gistration cer- of registration to his master or employer, and the said certificate shall be returned to him duly endorsed by such master or em- Plover, whenever the term of service shall expire: Provided always, that if such servant shall leave his master or employer without permission, or shall so misconduct himself as to be dis- missed, then the said master or employer shall deliver the servant's certificate of registration to the Registrar General, stating the cause of such servant leaving his employment, and it shall be optional with the Registrar General to cancel or to re-issue such certificate to the servant.
Employers
liable for safe custody of ser-
cate.
XXXI. If the master or employer of a servant shall des- troy, wilfully deface, or detain without sufficient reason in the vant's certifi- opinion of the Registrar General, any certificate delivered to him by a servant, the Registrar General may issue to such servant a duplicate of such certificate, and the master or em- ployer who had destroyed, defaced or detained the same, shall pay to the Registrar General the sum of five dollars for the issue of the duplicate aioresaid: Provided also that if any employer or servant shall lose a certificate and shall satisfy the Registrar General that he has not improperly parted with it, it shall be lawful for the Registrar General to issue a fresh certificate to such employer or servant on payment of one dollar.
XXXII. Every person who shall knowingly furnish untrue for furnishing ticulars to the Registrar General concerning any matter required par- culars. to be recorded by him under this Ordinance, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding six months, and to a fine, either in addition to or in substitution of such imprisonment, of not more than one hundred dollars.
Punishment
untrue parti-
Punishment
tration.
XXXIII. Every person who shall use or attempt to use any for unlawfully certificate of registration which shall not have been duly issued using certifi- cate of regis- to him by the Registrar General, shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding six months, and to a fine, either in addition to or in substitution of such imprisonment, of not more than one hundred dollars.
XXXIV. Every person violating any of the provisions of anis this Ordinance Ordinance, or any regulation made by the Governor in Council, shall, in all cases not otherwise provided for, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding thirty dollars for each offence, or in default of payment of such fine, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for a period not exceeding one month.
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