### Employees’ Compensation Ordinance 《僱員補償條例》

48. Contract of service not to be terminated during incapacity
(1) An employer shall not, without the consent of the Commissioner—
(a) terminate the contract of service or apprenticeship of an employee who has suffered incapacity in circumstances which entitle him to compensation under this Ordinance; or
(b) give notice to the employee of such termination,
before—
(i) the Commissioner has issued a certificate under section 16A(2), to the employer and the employee; or
(ii) the employer has entered into an agreement under section 16CA(1), with the injured employee; or
(iii) an Ordinary Assessment Board or a Special Assessment Board, as the case may be, has issued a certificate under section 16F or 16G(3), to the employee, the employer and the Commissioner,
whichever occurs first. (Replaced 1 of 1995 s. 15)
(1A) Further to subsection (1), an employer shall not, without the consent of the Commissioner—
(a) terminate the contract of service or apprenticeship of an employee who has suffered temporary incapacity for a period not exceeding 3 days in circumstances which entitle him to compensation under this Ordinance; or
(b) give notice to the employee of such termination,
before—
(i) the period of temporary incapacity has expired; and
(ii) the compensation has been paid under section 10 to the employee or to the Court. (Added 67 of 1996 s. 7)
(2) Any employer who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1) or (1A) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 6. (Added 55 of 1969 s. 26. Amended 44 of 1980 s. 15; 76 of 1982 s. 30; 63 of 1992 s. 17; 36 of 1996 s. 25; 67 of 1996 s. 7)

### Employees’ Compensation Ordinance 《僱員補償條例》

48A. Legislative Council may amend amounts of compensation etc.
The Legislative Council may by resolution amend—
(a)-(b) (Repealed 36 of 1996 s. 26)(c) (Repealed 68 of 1995 s. 2)(d) (Repealed 36 of 1996 s. 26)(e) the amount specified in section 23(2);
(f) (Repealed 36 of 1996 s. 26)(fa) the First Schedule; (Added 66 of 1993 s. 17)
(g) the daily rates specified in the Third Schedule;
(h) the minimum amount of insurance cover specified in the Fourth Schedule; (Added 47 of 1995 s. 11)
(i) the amounts and percentages specified in the Sixth Schedule. (Added 36 of 1996 s. 26)
(Replaced 76 of 1982 s. 31)

48B. Amendment of Seventh Schedule
The Commissioner may, by order in the Gazette, amend the Seventh Schedule.
(Added 52 of 2000 s. 24)

48C. Protection of public officers
(1) A public officer is not personally liable in respect of any act or omission of his if it was done or made by him in the honest belief that it was required or authorized in the exercise of any function or power under this Ordinance.
(2) The protection conferred on public officers by subsection (1) in respect of any act or omission shall not in any way affect any liability of the Government in tort for that act or omission.
(Added 52 of 2000 s. 24)

### Employees’ Compensation Ordinance 《僱員補償條例》

49. Regulations
(1) The Commissioner may make regulations— (Amended 66 of 1993 s. 18)
(a) requiring employers to make periodic or other returns as to such matters as he may think fit, and prescribing a time limit for the making of such returns;
(b)-(c) (Repealed 76 of 1982 s. 32)(d) prescribing procedure and fees; (Amended 13 of 1966 Schedule)
(e) prescribing anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Ordinance;
(f) generally, for carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance and of any regulations made thereunder.
(2) Any regulations made under this Ordinance may provide that such contraventions thereof as may be specified shall constitute an offence and may provide for the punishment of any such offence on summary conviction by a fine at level 3 and by imprisonment for a term of 3 months and, in the case of a continuing offence, by a fine of $200 for every day during which the default continues. (Amended 76 of 1982 s. 32; 63 of 1992 s. 18; 52 of 2000 s. 25)

50. Rules of Court
The Chief Justice may make Rules of Court for regulating proceedings before the Court and appeals to the Court under the provisions of this Ordinance, and for the fees payable in respect thereof.
(Amended 76 of 1982 s. 33)

54. Amendment of references in Ordinances and documents to Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance or Workmen’s Compensation Regulations
Every reference in an Ordinance or in any document to the Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance or the Workmen’s Compensation Regulations shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282) or the Employees’ Compensation Regulations (Cap. 282 sub. leg. A), as the case may be.
(44 of 1980 s. 15(2) incorporated)(Amended E.R. 1 of 2018)

### Merchant Shipping (Forms) Regulations 《商船(表格)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Forms) Regulations.

2. Form
The form set out in the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 34B(2) of the Ordinance.