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106.J Recruiting of Workers.

-- CHAPTER 106.

RECRUITING OF WORKERS.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

SECTIONS.

1.

Short title.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Exemptions.

4.

Persons who recruit 5.

Non-adults 6.

Examination 7.

Expenses 8.

Return of workers to their homes.

9.

Worker-recruiters.

of workers.

of workers.

not to be recruited.

to be licensed.

10.Offences.

11.Power to make regulations.

CHAPTER 106.

RECRUITING OF WORKERS.

9 of 1943.


An Ordinance to regulate the Recruiting of Workers.

Short title.

1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Recruiting of Workers Ordinance.

[5TH JUNE, 1943.]

In terpreta­ tion.
reqmres- 2 .. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise " Convention " means the Convention of certain Special by the International Systems concerning the vVorkers of Recruiting in June, Labour Conference Regulation adopted 1936; " licensing officer " means the person appointed by the to be licensing officer for the purposes of this " means the holder of a licence under this Governor Ordinance; " licensee Ordinance; "prescribed" under this Ordinance ; means prescribed by regulations made " worker employed and whether " means a person who is intended to be manual or clerical, in work of any kind, whether within or without tfe Colony ; Recruiting of Workers.
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106. l !151 " worker-recruiter is authorised " means a person who, being employed in writing by his employer on behalf of his employer, or other advantage any remuneration to but who for such other workers as a worker, recruit does not receive recruiting.

(2)A person recruits within the meaning of this Ordinance or through for the purpose or undertakes who by himself supplies supply workers by any other person, spontaneously offer his services at a public emigration conducted the Government.
or attempts others procures, engages, hires or hire or engage, to procure, or by himself of being employed so long as such worker does not or at the place of employment and supervised by an employers' organisation or employment office or at an office by 3.The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to-- Exemptions.
(a)the recruiting of workers by or on behalf of employers who do not employ more than fifty workers ; or domestic of personal or (b)the recruiting servants or workers, non-manual or to any workers by professional recruiting agents.

unless so recruited, is done such recruiting · 4.

(1) Subject to the provisions section, that behalf no person s a recrmt h 11 under the provisions · (7) of this Perso_ns wh of subsection o k unl h · li d · recruit to e b wor ers ess e 1s cense m licensed.

of this Ordinance.
of this Ordinance.

(2)Every person desirous of obtaining a licence under this officer who may in his section shall discretion apply to the licensing person to be granted issue a licence- ( a)if he is satisfied ; has been furnished security that adequate provision that the applicant is a fit and proper a licence ; and has been made to the health and welfare of the workers (b)if the prescribed (c)if he is satisfied for safeguarding be recruited.
(3) A licence prescribed, (4)No licence year, but it may be renewed that the conditions with.

shall Le subject to such conditions as shall be and shall not be transferable.

shall be issued for a period exceeding if the licensing one officer is satisfied have been complied on which it was granted (5)The licensing officer may cancel any licence has been convicted of an offence under this in any case or the regulations made thereunder or has not where the licensee Ordinance I 1552 Cap.

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complied with the conditions guilty of conduct which in the opinion renders and the licensing decision shall consider necessary.

officer may suspend any licence of the Court or the making of any inquiry or is under which it was granted officer of the licensing him no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence pending the which he (6)Any person aggrieved by any decision of the licensing officer under this section (7)The provisions recruiters.

may appeal to the Governor.


of this section shall not apply to worker­ 5.Persons under the age of eighteen years shall not be Non-adults not to be recruited.

recruited: Provided that the Governor may by regulation permit under that age but of or above the age of fourteen persons years to be recruited with the consent of their parents or guardians to such conditions for employment as he may prescribe.

upon light work subject Examination of workers.

6.
6.

(1) Recruited workers shall- (a)be brought before an officer appointed by the Governor ; and in accordance with regulations (b)be medically examined, made under this Ordinance.

(2)The officer before whom any recruited s made thereunder shall satisfy the regulation the worker has not been subjected misrepresentation that the provisions or mistake.

himself workers is brought of this Ordinance and that and have been observed to pressure or recruited by Expenses workers.
of of recruited 7.The expenses of the journey to the place of employment, families during the journey, incurred for their protection and necessaries for the journey shall be provided, recruiter (not being a worker-recruiter) accordance by the or employer in made under this Ordinance.

with regnlations including worker and their shall be borne, all expenses Return of workers to their homes.
8.A recruited worker who- ( a)becomes incapacitated the journey to his place of employment or accident by sickness ; to be unfit for employ­ during examination (b)is found on medical ment; (c)is not engaged after being recruited for a reason for which he is not responsible ; or ReMuiting of Workers.

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1553 (d)is found by the officer appointed to have been or mistake, this Ordinance representation recruited 6 of or by mis­ by pressure under section and the family of such recruited worker who dies during recruited shall be returned employment, or employer the recruiter under this Ordinance.
worker, the journey to the place of to their homes at the expense of made in accordance and the family of a with regulations thereunder worker-recruiters of this Ordinance 9.The provisions otherwise unless as if they were licensees that worker-recruiters shall recruit expressly Provided shall, and the regulations made Wor�er­ apply to recrwters.

provided, only in such : areas as may be prescribed wages ·to recruited workers.
and shall not make advances of 10.Any person who acts in contravention made thereunder, comply with any of the provisions regulations shall be liable, five hundred six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

on summary conviction, or to imprisonment to a fine not exceeding for a term not exceeding of this Ordinance, shall be guilty dollars of or fails to Offences.
or the of an offence and 11.The Governor in Council of giving purpose to any of the provisions to the generality prejudice provide regulation for- effect to the provisions may make regulations of this Ordinance ; and without er to or :�fation.e.
for the Pok of the Convention of the foregoing power he may by ( a)the manner and form in which application shall be to be furnished upon under which any the particulars made for licences, every such application, may be issued, licence therefor, and the particulars the conditions the form of licences, to be set forth therein by applicants (b)the security ( c)the records (d)the remuneration (e)the restriction ( f ) the supervision (g)the documents to be furnished to be kept by licensees to be paid to the of recruiting to certain of worker-recruiters ; to be given to the recruited ; agents worker by areas ; ; for licences ; the fees payable of licensees ; (h)the provision of transport for recruited from the place of recruitment workers to the place of and the licensee ; their families employment ; (i)anything or as to which regulations are to be made.
which by this Ordinance is to be prescribed, B.G.-Vor.. ll-47