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Annotated Ordinances/Cap. 57

Section 4

Application of Ordinance

本條例的適用範圍

Part I — Preliminary (導言)

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Statutory Text
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 69 , this Ordinance applies to every employee engaged under a contract of employment, to an employer of such employee and to a contract of employment between such employer and employee.
(2) Subject to Part IVA, this Ordinance does not apply—
(a)
(b) to a person who is a member of the family of the proprietor of the business in which he is employed and who dwells in the same dwelling as the proprietor;
(c) to an employee as defined in the Contracts for Employment Outside Hong Kong Ordinance ( Cap. 78 );
(d) to a person who is serving under a crew agreement within the meaning of the Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance ( Cap. 478 ), or on board a ship which is not registered in Hong Kong.
(e)
(2A) This Ordinance shall not apply to contracts of apprenticeship registered under the Apprenticeship Ordinance ( Cap. 47 ) except to the extent provided in that Ordinance.
(3) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that the provisions of section 5(3) shall not apply to any contract of employment made before 1 April 1965.

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