Clause 5

by deleting the words “who shall have worked for him continuously for a period of not less than one month” appearing in the fourth, fifth and sixth lines of subsection (1) thereof;

by deleting subsection (2) thereof;

by renumbering subsection (3) thereof as subsection (2);

by deleting subsection (4) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section and the Schedule to this Ordinance —

an employee may at any time contribute voluntarily to the Fund a sum additional to that shown in the Schedule to this Ordinance as payable by the employer; or

an employee who desires to have contributions in excess of the appropriate rate deducted from his monthly wages by his employer may give to his employer written notice to that effect, and thereafter so long as he is employed by that employer, the employer shall make such deductions from his wages for each month until such time, not being less than six months from the giving of the previous notice, as he shall give further written notice to his employer of his desire to cease to have such excess monthly contributions deducted from his wages; or

an employer may at any time pay to the Fund contributions in respect of any of his employees at a rate in excess of the appropriate rate set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance; and

the amount of such excess deductions as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be paid to the Fund by the employer in addition to the appropriate monthly contributions.”;

by renumbering subsection (5) thereof as subsection (4) and by deleting the expressions “(3)” and “(4)” appearing in the sixth and eighth lines of that subsection and substituting therefor the expressions “(2)” and “(3)” respectively;

by renumbering subsection (6) thereof as subsection (5) and by deleting the expression “(3) and (4)” appearing in the fourth line of that subsection and substituting therefor the expression “(2) and (3)”; and

by deleting subsection (7) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(6) For the purpose of this section and of the Schedule to this Ordinance an employee’s wages for any month shall mean —

in respect of an employee paid monthly or at intervals longer than a month, the amount of wages due to be paid to him in respect of that month;

in respect of any other employee the aggregate amount of wages due to be paid to him as wages on such pay days as fall within that month:Provided that in the case of any employee who is in continuous employment with the same employer for a period of not less than one month and whose wages are calculated at a rate for a period of time any wages earned by the employee in respect of such employment on account of time worked in excess of his usual periods of employment may be disregarded.”.