Hong Kong Ordinances

CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Power to require bond or guarantee for due performance of contract

The Commissioner may require, as a condition precedent to the attestation of
any contract to which this Ordinance applies, that a person approved by him
and permanently resident in Hong Kong shall- (Amended 48 of 1985 ss.10 & 15)

   (a)  furnish a bond in such sum and in such form as he may require, with or
        without sureties; or

   (b)  sign a guarantee in such form as he may require, generally for the
        performance of the contract by the employer, and, in particular, for
        performance by the employer of his undertaking respecting repatriation
        of the employee and his dependants (if any) contained in the contract
        pursuant to paragraph (k) or (l), as the case may be, and, as regards
        provision of travel documents, pursuant to paragraph (j), of
        section 5(2), whether, as regards any such undertaking, the contract
        is or may be or becomes void or unenforceable for any reason. (Amended
        33 of 1992 s. 8)