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Employees' Compensation

[1988 Ed.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not require an employer to obtain insurance for any liability he may have in respect of damages awarded by a court outside Hong Kong to an employee referred to in section 30B. (Added, 59 of 1988, s. 12)

(2) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable-

(a) on conviction upon indictment to a fine of $50,000 and to imprison-

ment for 2 years; and

(b) on summary conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to imprisonment for

1 year.

Notice of insurance

41. (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer to whom a policy of insurance is issued for the purposes of this Part shall display, in a conspicuous place on each of his premises where any employee is employed by him, a notice, in such form as may be specified by the Commissioner, showing in both the English and Chinese languages-

(a) the name of the employer;

(b) the name of the insurer;

(c) the policy number;

(d) the date of issue of the policy;

(e) the dates of commencement and expiry of the period of insurance;

(f) the number of employees insured under the policy at the time of issue

thereof; and

(g) the amount of the liability insured.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the policy of insurance, in so far as it is issued for the purposes of this Part, relates solely to domestic servants employed in, or in connection with, the private household of the employer or relates to an employee referred to in section 30B whose work is performed outside Hong Kong. (Amended, 59 of 1988, s. 13)

(3) An employer who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsec- tion (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000.

Certain conditions in policy to be void

42. Any condition in a policy of insurance issued for the purposes of this Part providing that no liability shall arise under the policy, or that any liability so arising shall cease, in the event of some specified thing being done or omitted to be done after the happening of the accident giving rise to a claim under the policy, shall be of no effect upon the claim made by an employee under sec- tion 44:

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