The object of this bill is to transfer the office of Protector of Labour from the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to the Chairman of the Urban Council and to vest the control of factories, workshops and the employment of women, young persons and children in certain industries in the Urban Council. This bill is based upon the provisions of the Factories and Workshops Ordinance, 1932 (Ordinance No.27 of 1932), which, with the Factories and Workshops Amendment Ordinance, 1936, (No.36 of 1936), it repeals. The regulations under Ordinance No.27 of 1932 and those set out in the Schedule to that Ordinance, in the Government Notifications No. 660 of 1933 and No. 784 of 1936, were re-adopted in the form of by-laws. To give effect to the International labour Convention adopted at Washington on 28th November, 1919, the minimum age for employment in industrial undertakings is fixed at 14 years, and the period for women and young persons not to be employed during the night to 11 hours.
The report was originally under Report of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs for the year 1936 of the Administrative Reports for the year 1936. It reported on the situation of some industries, the implementation of the Factories and Workshops Ordinance No.27 of 1932, factory accidents and the breaches of the factory regulations.
This is an ordinance to regulate the employment of children in certain industries (Ordinance No.22 of 1922). It contains also the Schedule, and Objects and Reasons.
A government notification for the information of education and charitable societies and employers of labour that the Government is prepared to consider financial support as the Industrial Employment of Children Ordinance may occasion in the custody and control of children.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Factory (Accidents) Ordinance, 1927, Ordinance No. 3 of 1927, on the 14th April, 1927. The regulations provided that every accident in a factory causing injuries, disablement and death had to be reported to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or at a police station; and that all driving belts, any moving parts of any machines, every part of mill gearing, all fly wheels, pulleys and exposed wheels, and all shafting should be "securely fenced". Regulations under the Factory (Accidents) Ordinance, 1927.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council, under Section 4 of the Factory (Accidents) Ordinance, 1927, Ordinance No. 3 of 1927, on the 15th August, 1928. The regulations provided that the doors of the factory must not be locked and should be open outwards for escape from emergency.
The main object of this Ordinance is to include women and young persons within the scope of the principal Ordinance, No.22 of 1922. A young person is defined as any person of or over the age of fifteen years old and under the age of eighteen years old.
The regulation makes the following provisions: (1) Lead processes and manufacture of vermilion are added to the list of dangerous trades; (2) the employment of young persons in dangerous trades is prohibited; (3) the employment of women in dangerous trades without the special permission of the Protector of Labour is prohibited. It is proposed to allow the employment of women in fire cracker factories; (4) the employment of women and young persons between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. is prohibited.
The regulation relaxed the prohibition of male young person be employed in any dangerous trade without the written permission of the Protector of Labour.
The regulation raised the minimum age of children employed from the age of 11 to 12; and extended the prohibited hours in the evening from "10 p.m. and 6 a.m." to "9 p.m. and 7 a.m.".
The ordinance prohibited children under 14 of age from being employed or working on vessels, other than vessels upon which only members of the same family were employed.
The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries.
The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The regulations revised the wordings in the Schedule to retain the consistency of the Ordinance.
The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The regulations provided the definitions of "existing factory", "new factory", "tenement factory", "high building" and "fire resisting material". The regulations had provisions in regard of precautions in the existing factories, new factories, tenement factories and workshops and general regulations for all factories.
The Ordinance amended and consolidated the law relating to Factories and Workshops (No. 3 of 1927) and to the Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children (No. 24 of 1929) in certain industries. The amendment improved the regulations in regard of fire precautions to factories and workshops.
