Hong Kong Ordinances

MANDATORY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES ORDINANCE - SECT 7D

Application of Ordinance to certain employees and self-employed persons

(1) If-

   (a)  an employer enters into a contract of employment with an employee who
        is less than 18 years of age; and

   (b)  the employee reaches 18 years of age on or after the date of
        commencement* of this section; and

   (c)  the employer continues to employ the employee after he reaches 18
        years of age, then this Ordinance applies to the employer and the
        employee as if they had entered into the contract of employment on the
        day on which the employee reaches 18 years of age and the employment
        had begun or commenced on that day.

(2) If-

   (a)  a person is self-employed before he is 18 years of age; and

   (b)  he reaches 18 years of age on or after the date of commencement of
        this section; and

   (c)  he continues to be self-employed after reaching 18 years of age, then
        this Ordinance applies to him as if he had become a self-employed 
        person on the day on which he reaches 18 years of age. (Added 1 of
        2008 s. 20)
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* Commencement date: 18 January 2008.