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(ii) wages of any labourer or workman, whether payable for time or for piece work, in respect of services rendered to the bankrupt during the period beginning 4 months next before the date of the filing of the petition and ending on the making of a receiving order not exceeding, together with any payment under sub-paragraph (i), $100; (Replaced, 12 of 1985, s. 29(4))

(ca) any severance payment payable to an employee under the Employment Ordinance, not exceeding in respect of each employee $6,000; (Added, 54 of 1974, s. 2)

(caa) any long service payment payable to an employee under the Employment Ordinance, not exceeding in respect of each employee $8,000; (Added, 78 of 1985, s. 2)

(ch) any amount due in respect of compensation or liability for compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance accrued before the date of the receiving order and, where the compensation is a periodical payment, the amount due in respect thereof shall be taken to be the amount of the lump sum for which the periodical payment could, if redeemable, be redeemed on an application being made for that purpose under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance, but this paragraph shall not apply to any amount due in respect of compensation or liability for compensation where the bankrupt has entered into a contract with a person carrying on accident insurance business in Hong Kong in respect of his liability under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance for personal injury by accident to the employee to whom the compensation or liability for compensation is due; (Added, 5 of 1977, s. 2. Amended, 47 of 1984, s. 16)

(cc) any wages in lieu of notice payable to an employee under the Employment Ordinance, not exceeding in respect of each employee one month's wages or $2,000 whichever is the lesser; (Added, 5 of 1977, s. 2)

(cd) all accrued holiday remuneration becoming payable to any clerk, servant, workman or labourer (or in the case of his death to any other person in his right) on the termination of his employment before or as a consequence of the receiving order; (Added, 47 of 1984, s. 5)

(d) all statutory debts due from the bankrupt to the Crown at the date of the receiving order and which became due and payable within 12 months next before that date. (Replaced, 47 of 1984, s. 5)

(2) Where the date of the receiving order is after 27 March 1953, but before 1 June 1970, the sum of $3,000 shall be deemed to be substituted in each case for the sums of $300 and $100 referred to respectively in subsection (1)(b) and (c). (Added, 8 of 1953, s. 2. Amended, 42 of 1970, s. 2)