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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH AUGUST, 1866.

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given to Employer.

LXV. Every Servant shall, after first complying with the provisions of Section Servant's Registra- X. deliver his Certificate of Registration to his Master or Employer, and the tion Certificate to be Certificate shall be returned to him duly endorsed by such Master or Employer, ever the term of service shall expire: Provided always, that if such Servant leave his Master or Employer without Permission, or shall so misconduct as to be dismissed, then the said Master or Employer shall deliver the Ser Certificate of Registration to the Registrar General, stating the cause of such nt leaving his employment, and it shall be optional with the Registrar General to e such Certificate to the Servant leaving his Employment or dismissed as aforesaid. XXVI. If the Master or Employer of a Servant shall lose, destroy, wilfully deface, Employers liable for tetain without sufficient reason in the opinion of the Registrar General, any Certi-safe custody of

delivered to him by a Servant under Section XXV, it shall be lawful for the strar General to issue to such Servant a duplicate of such Certificate, and the r or Employer who had lost or destroyed the same, shall pay to the Registrar Ge- the sum of Five Dollars on the issue of the duplicate aforesaid: Provided also that Servant shall lose his Certificate and shall satisfy the Registrar General that he ast improperly parted with it, it shall be lawful for the Registrar General to issue

h Certificate to such Servant on payment of One Dollar.

Servant's Certificates.

a Servant without Certificate of

XXVII. It shall not be lawful for any Person other than a Chinese to engage and No Person to engage Boy any Servant who shall not be provided with a Certificate of Registration.

XXVIII. It shall not be lawful for any Person to engage himself as a Servant No Servant to engage out being provided with a Certificate of Registration.

Registration.

himself without Certificate of Registration. Servant hereafter

XXIX. Every Person who shall engage himself, after the commencement of this Kance, as a Servant, shall within Seven Days thereafter report the same at the engaging himself as strar General's Office and produce his Certificate of Registration for the purpose tificate to Registrar having the Name of his Employer endorsed thereon and recorded in the said General within Seven

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Days.

XXX. Every Person who shall knowingly furnish untrue Particulars to the Punishment for strar General concerning any matter required to be recorded by him under this furnishing untrue Hance shall be liable to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less

» One and not more than Six Calendar Months, and to a fine either in addition to substitution of such Imprisonment of not less than Five Dollars and not more One hundred Dollars.

Particulars.

Certificate of

XXXI. Every person who shall use or attempt to use any Certificate of Registration Punishment for Jch shall not have been duly obtained by him at the Registrar General's Office shall unlawfully using ble to Imprisonment with or without Hard Labor for not less than One and not more Registration. Six Calendar Months, and to a fine either in addition to or in substitution of such risonment of not less than Ten Dollars and not more than One hundred Dollars.

XXXII. Every person violating any of the Provisions of this Ordinance or any violations of this Regulations to be made by the Governor in Council hereafter mentioned, shall be Ordinance to be of a Misdemeanor, and in all cases not otherwise provided for shall be liable fined on Summary Conviction before a Magistrate of Police not more than Thirty rs nor less than Five Dollars for each Offence, or in default of payment of such fines to be Imprisoned with or without Hard Labor for a period not exceeding Month nor less than Seven Days.

Misdemeanors.

Registrar General's

XXXIII. All Copies or Extracts of or from any Register or Public Record kept Certified Copies and

Registrar General's Office for the purpose of this Ordinance, and purporting to be Extracts from with the Seal of the said Office and to be certified as true Copies or Extracts by Records to be received Registrar General, shall be received in Evidence in all Courts in the Colony in lieu in Evidence.

Originals.

XXXIV. The several Fees specified in the Second Schedule hereto shall be charged Fees to be charged pect of Registration under this Ordinance.

under this Ordinance.

XXXV. The Governor in Council may from time to time alter the Scale of Power to Governor in Payable under this Ordinance.

Council to alter Scale.

XXXVI. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered from time to timne to Governor to make

such Regulations and to vary the same as inay be deemed necessary for carrying Regulations. Heet the Provisions of this Ordinance: Provided nevertheless that no such Regu- shall come into force till Three Days subsequent to the publication of the saine Government Gazette.”