Apprenticeship Ordinance

(1)
No employer shall either by himself or through his agent directly or indirectly
                or by any pretence or
device—
(a)
require or permit any person to pay or give; or
(b)
demand or receive from any person,
any premium, fee, gift, reward, bonus, or commission consisting of money or
                of any valuable security or of other property or interest in property of any
description—
(Amended
E.R. 1 of
                2022
)
(i)
for entering into (whether with that person or any other person) a contract
                    of apprenticeship in a designated trade;
(ii)
for agreeing to a variation, assignment or termination of a registered
                    contract of apprenticeship; or
(iii)
for registering a contract of apprenticeship under
section
                    17
.
(2)
Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
                shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(Amended
E.R. 1 of
                2013
)