Employment Ordinance

(1)
No prosecution for an offence under
section 31RA(6)
or
section 63(1)
or (3) or 63A(1) or 63B or 63C shall be commenced without the consent in writing of the Commissioner.
(Amended
71 of 1970 s. 4A
;
24 of 1988 s. 2
;
52 of 1988 s. 16
;
31 of 1992 s. 5
)
(2)
Before the Commissioner gives his consent to prosecute under subsection (1) he shall hear the person against whom the allegation is made, or give him an opportunity of being heard.
(3)
Subject to subsection (1), a prosecution for any offence under this Ordinance may be brought in the name of the Commissioner and may be commenced and conducted by any officer of the Labour Department authorized in that behalf in writing by the Commissioner.
(Replaced
48 of 1984 s. 27
)
(4)
Nothing in this section shall derogate from the powers of the Secretary for Justice in respect of the prosecution of criminal offences.
(Amended
L.N. 362 of 1997
)