### Apprenticeship Ordinance 《學徒制度條例》

31. Effect of termination of contract of apprenticeship for misconduct, etc.
(1) Where a registered contract of apprenticeship is terminated—
(a) under section 30(1)(b) on the ground of misconduct by the apprentice; or
(b) on the ground of a breach or repudiation of the contract of apprenticeship by an apprentice,
such former apprentice shall, during the period of 2 years after the date of the termination, be disqualified from—
(i) entering into a contract of apprenticeship in any designated trade or in the trade in respect of which the apprentice was registered prior to his disqualification; or (Amended 43 of 1980 s. 5)
(ii) attending the course of instruction at a technical institution specified by the Director in the original attendance order. (Replaced 43 of 1980 s. 5)
(2) The Director shall give written notice of the disqualification of an apprentice under this section to the technical institution at which the apprentice was attending prior to his disqualification and may send copies of the notice of the disqualification of an apprentice to any other technical institution that provides a course in respect of which the disqualification applies. (Added 43 of 1980 s. 5)
(Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)

32. Notification of termination of employment of an apprentice
(1) Where the employment of a registered apprentice ceases otherwise than on completion of his apprenticeship under section 28 or on termination of a contract of apprenticeship under section 30, the employer shall, within 14 days after such cessation of employment, send to the Director a notice in the specified form in relation to the apprentice.
(2) The Director shall, on receipt of a notice under subsection (1), enter in the register a note of the cessation of employment of the apprentice.
(3) An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)
(Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)

33. Appointment of Director, inspectors, etc.
(1) The Chief Executive may appoint a person to be Director of Apprenticeship under this Ordinance. (Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3)
(2) The Director of Apprenticeship appointed under subsection (1) may appoint inspectors and such other officers as he may consider necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(3) Notice shall be given in the Gazette of an appointment under subsection (1) or (2).
(Replaced 34 of 1991 s. 4)

### Apprenticeship Ordinance 《學徒制度條例》

34. Power of Chief Executive to give directions
(1) The Chief Executive may give to the Director and to any officer appointed under section 33(2) such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the performance or exercise of their functions, duties or powers under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case. (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11; 34 of 1991 s. 5)
(2) A person to whom a direction is given by the Chief Executive under subsection (1) shall, in the performance or exercise of his functions, duties or powers under this Ordinance, comply with that direction.
(Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3)

35. Powers of entry and inspection
The Director and an inspector may, for the purposes of this Ordinance— (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)
(a) enter, inspect and examine, by day or night, any premises or place in which he knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that an apprentice or a young person is employed;
(b) in any such case, take with him any person whom he may reasonably need to assist him;
(c) require the production, for purposes of inspection, of any record, return, report or other document relating to the employment of an apprentice or young person, and may take copies of any such document;
(d) make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether the requirements of this Ordinance are complied with, and seize anything which may appear to be evidence of an offence under this Ordinance;
(e) examine, with respect to matters under this Ordinance, any person whom he finds in any premises or place which he is entitled under this section to enter, and require any such person to answer any questions relating to those matters and to make a statutory declaration as to the truth of the answers to those questions.

### Apprenticeship Ordinance 《學徒制度條例》

36. Duty of public officers not to disclose source of complaint, etc.
(1) Save as provided in subsection (4), no officer appointed under this Ordinance shall disclose to any person, other than another such officer, the name or identity of any person who has made a complaint alleging a breach of any term or condition of a registered contract of apprenticeship or a contravention of any provision of this Ordinance or as a result of which any such breach or contravention has come to his notice or to the notice of any other officer appointed under this Ordinance.
(2) No officer appointed under this Ordinance shall disclose to an employer of a registered apprentice or his representative that a visit to the premises or place where an apprentice is employed was made in consequence of the receipt of any such complaint as is referred to in subsection (1).
(3) Save as provided in subsection (4), where as a result of or in connexion with the enforcement of a contract of apprenticeship or any provision of this Ordinance any manufacturing or commercial secret or any working process comes to the knowledge of an officer appointed under this Ordinance, such officer shall not at any time (whether or not at the relevant time he is still an officer appointed under this Ordinance) disclose such secret or process to any person.
(4) Where in any proceedings a court considers that justice so requires, the court may order the disclosure of the name or identity of any person who has made any such complaint as is referred to in subsection (1) or the disclosure of any such secret or process as is referred to in subsection (3).
(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2013)
(6) In this section officer appointed under this Ordinance (根據本條例獲委任的人員) means the Director appointed under section 33(1) or an officer appointed under section 33(2). (Added 34 of 1991 s. 6)
(Amended 34 of 1991 s. 6)

37. Service of notices
Any notice to be served or given or any document to be served or sent under this Ordinance may, except where the Ordinance otherwise provides, be given, sent or served by registered post.

38. Returns to be made to the Director
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Director may, by notice in writing served by registered post or by notice in the Gazette, require any employer or class of employers to make returns and reports in such form and at such times as he may in such notice direct.
(Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)