Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 45

Penalty for contravention of regulation 16C(1), 16C(2), 24, 25, 33 or 36(1)

(1) The proprietor of any industrial undertaking or of any notifiable
workplace, as the case may be,-

   (a)  (Repealed L.N. 214 of 1981)

   (b)  in which any person is permitted to do anything in contravention of
        any of the provisions of regulation 16C(1), 16C(2), or 25; or

   (c)  in respect of which any of the provisions of regulation 24, 33 or
        36(1) are contravened, shall be guilty of an offence. (G.N.A. 71 of
        1958; L.N. 189 of 1967; L.N. 132 of 1969; L.N. 221 of 1973; L.N. 157
        of 1978; 11 of 1980 s. 6; L.N. 114 of 1981; L.N. 214 of 1981; 50 of
        1985 s. 9)

(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall-

   (a)  in respect of a contravention of regulation 24, be liable to a fine of
        $200000 and to imprisonment for 12 months where the offence was
        committed without reasonable excuse, and to a fine of $200000 in any
        other case; (71 of 1989 s. 13)

   (b)  in respect of a contravention of regulation 25, be liable to a fine of
        $50000; (L.N. 214 of 1981)

   (c)  in respect of a contravention of regulation 16C(1) or 16C(2), be
        liable to a fine of $50000;

   (d)  in respect of a contravention of regulation 33 or 36(1), be liable to
        a fine of $50000. (L.N. 114 of 1981; L.N. 11 of 1994)