Hong Kong Ordinances

IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 17K

Records to be kept by employers

(1) Every employer shall keep at the place of employment of each of his
employees a record of-

   (a)  the full name of the employee as shown in his identity card or other
        document by virtue of which he is lawfully employable; and

   (b)  the type of document held by the employee by virtue of which he is
        lawfully employable, and the number of that document.

(2) Every employer shall, where he employs more than 10 employees at any one
place of employment, keep at that place the records of those employees in the
form of a list of the names and particulars of those employees required under
subsection (1).

(3) Every employer shall keep the record of each employee and every list
required to be kept under subsection (2)-

   (a)  up to date;

   (b)  in a form which is capable of being produced on demand to a person
        authorized to inspect it; and

   (c)  in a form which is legible and capable of being readily understood by
        any person authorized to inspect it.

(4) In this section "place of employment" (工作地方) in relation to an
employee who has no single place of employment, means his principal place 
of employment.

"place of employment" (工作地方)