### Trade Boards Ordinance 《行業委員會條例》

8. Prevention of evasion
Any shopkeeper, dealer, or trader, who by way of trade makes any arrangement express or implied with any worker in pursuance of which the worker performs any work for which a minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Ordinance, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to be the employer of the worker, and the net remuneration obtainable by the worker in respect of the work after allowing for his necessary expenditure in connexion with the work shall be deemed to be wages.
[cf. 1909 c. 22 s. 9 U.K.]

9. Employers not to receive premium where minimum rates in force
(1)  Where a worker in any trade, being a person to whom a minimum rate of wages fixed by the Chief Executive in Council applies, is an apprentice or learner, it shall not be lawful for his employer to receive directly or indirectly from him, or on his behalf or on his account, any payment by way of premium: (Amended 54 of 2000 s. 3)
Provided that nothing in the foregoing provisions shall apply to any such payment duly made in pursuance of any instrument of apprenticeship not later than four weeks after the commencement of the employment. 
(2) If any employer acts in contravention of this provision, he shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine at level 1, and the court may by the conviction, in addition to imposing a fine, adjudge him to repay to the worker or other person by whom the payment was made the sum improperly received by way of premium. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; E.R. 4 of 2021) 
[cf. 1918 c. 32 s. 7 U.K.] 

### Trade Boards Ordinance 《行業委員會條例》

10. Powers of officers
(1) Any officer of any Government department for the time being assisting in carrying this Ordinance into effect shall have power for the performance of his duties—
(a) to require the production of wages sheets or other record of wages by an employer, and records of payments made to outworkers by persons giving out work, and to inspect and examine the same and copy any material part thereof;
(b) to require any person giving out work and any outworker to give any information which it is in his power to give with respect to the names and addresses of the persons to whom the work is given out or from whom the work is received, as the case may be, and with respect to the payments to be made for the work;
(c) at all reasonable times to enter any factory or workshop or any place used for giving out work to outworkers;
(d) to inspect and copy any material part of any list of outworkers kept by an employer or person giving out work to outworkers; and
(e) to examine, either alone or in the presence of any other person, as he thinks fit, with respect to any matters under this Ordinance any person whom he finds in any factory or workshop or any place used for giving out work to outworkers, or whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been a worker in any trade to which a minimum rate under this Ordinance is applicable, and to require every such person to be so examined, and to sign a declaration of the truth of the matters in respect of which he is so examined.
(2) If any person fails to furnish the means required by an officer as necessary for any entry or inspection or the exercise of his powers under this section, or if any person hinders or molests any officer in the exercise of the powers given by this section, or refuses to produce any document or give any information which any officer requires him to produce or give under the powers given by this section, that person shall be liable on summary conviction in respect of each offence to a fine at level 1; and, if any person makes, or causes to be made, or knowingly allows to be made any wages sheet, or record of wages, or record of payments, or any list of outworkers which is false in any material particular, or produces or causes to be produced, or knowingly allows to be produced any such sheet, record or list to any officer acting in the exercise of the powers given by this section, knowing the same to be false, or furnishes any information to any such officer knowing the same to be false, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1 or to imprisonment for 3 months. (Amended 22 of 1950 Schedule; E.R. 4 of 2021)
[cf. 1909 c. 22 s. 15 U.K.]

### Trade Boards Ordinance 《行業委員會條例》

11. Officers to produce certificates when required
Every officer of any Government department for the time being assisting in carrying this Ordinance into effect, shall be furnished by the Commissioner for Labour with a certificate of his appointment, and when acting under any or exercising any power conferred upon him by this Ordinance shall, if so required, produce the said certificate to any person or persons affected. 
(Amended L.N. 142 of 1974)[cf. 1909 c. 22 s. 16 U.K.]

12. Power to conduct proceedings
Any such officer may, although not a barrister or solicitor, prosecute or conduct before a court of summary jurisdiction any proceedings arising under this Ordinance.
[cf. 1909 c. 22 s. 17(2) U.K.]

13. Consent of Commissioner to prosecution
No prosecution under this Ordinance shall be commenced without the consent of the Commissioner for Labour.
(Amended L.N. 142 of 1974)

### Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance 《司法程序(烈風警告期間聆訊延期)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
adjourned hearing (經延期的聆訊) means the resumed hearing of any judicial proceedings adjourned by or under this Ordinance;
Director (台長) means the Director of the Hong Kong Observatory; (Amended 41 of 1993 s. 3; L.N. 362 of 1997; 39 of 1999 s. 3)
gale warning (烈風警告) means a warning of the occurrence of a tropical cyclone in, or in the vicinity of, Hong Kong by the use of any of the tropical cyclone warning signals referred to in section 5(1)(a)(i); (Replaced 85 of 1978 s. 2. Amended 41 of 1993 s. 3)
judicial proceedings (司法程序) means any proceedings before a court, tribunal, commission or other person having by law power to receive evidence on oath;
period of adjournment (延期期間) means a period during which any judicial proceedings are adjourned by section 3 or 6;
rainstorm warning (暴雨警告) means a warning of a heavy rainstorm in, or in the vicinity of, Hong Kong by the use of the heavy rainstorm warning signal referred to in section 5(1)(a)(ii); (Added 41 of 1993 s. 3. Amended 21 of 1999 s. 2)
tropical cyclone (熱帶氣旋) means a tropical depression, a tropical storm, a severe tropical storm and a typhoon; (Amended 18 of 2016 s. 11)
working day (工作日) means a day that is neither a Saturday nor a public holiday. (Added 18 of 2016 s. 11)

3. Adjournment of judicial proceedings during gale warning or rainstorm warning
(1) All judicial proceedings, part-heard or otherwise, which are set down for hearing or are being conducted at a time which falls within the duration of a gale warning or a rainstorm warning shall stand and remain adjourned until resumed in accordance with section 4.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) any judicial proceedings may be continued during a gale warning or a rainstorm warning and if so continued shall have full effect in law.
(Amended 41 of 1993 s. 4)