Employment Ordinance

(1)
If an employer or former employer is about to leave Hong Kong with intent to evade payment
of—
(Amended
48 of 1984 s. 30
)
(a)
any wages earned by any of his employees and owed by the employer, whether or not the payment of such wages is yet due; or
(b)
any other moneys owed by the employer under a contract of employment to any of his employees,
any of his employees may apply to a District Judge to issue a warrant in accordance with the
Second Schedule
, and in respect of any such application the
Second Schedule
shall apply.
(2)
No person shall make an application under subsection (1) unless he has reasonable grounds for making such application.