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Employment

[1988 Ed.

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(2) A licence issued under this section shall--

(a) be in the prescribed form;

(b) specify the place of business of the employment agency in respect of

which it is issued; and

(c) state whether the licence authorizes the employment agency to obtain

employment within or outside Hong Kong.

(3) Separate licences, one authorizing the employment agency to obtain employment within Hong Kong, and another authorizing it to obtain employment outside Hong Kong, may be issued under this section to the same employment agency.

(4) Subject to section 53, a licence issued under subsection (1) shall be valid for 12 months after the date on which it is issued.

(5) The Commissioner may, upon application in such manner as may be prescribed, renew a licence issued under subsection (1).

Refusal to issue, or revocation of, licences

53. (1) The Commissioner may refuse to issue or renew a licence, or may revoke a licence, if he is satisfied on reasonable grounds—

(a) that the name under which the employment agency is operated or is

intended to be operated-

(i) is identical with the name of another employment agency which is being, or has been, carried on by another person; or

(ii) so nearly resembles the name of another employment agency as to be likely to deceive the public;

(b) that the employment agency is being, or is likely to be, used for

unlawful or immoral purposes; or

(c) that the person operating, or intending to operate, the employment

agency

(i) is an undischarged bankrupt;

(ii) has, within the preceding 5 years, been convicted of an offence against the person of a child, young person or woman or of an offence involving membership of a triad society, fraud, dishonesty or extortion;

(iii) has knowingly furnished to the Commissioner any false or misleading information in connection with his application for the issue or renewal of the licence;

(iv) has contravened any provision of this Part or any regulation made under section 62; or

(v) is not, for any other reason, a fit and proper person to operate an employment agency.

(2) The Commissioner shall, if he refuses to issue or renew a licence or revokes a licence, within 14 days after such refusal or revocation, notify the applicant or licensee in writing of the grounds for such refusal or revocation.