Singapore legislation

Clause 13

of Employment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 13

Repeal and re-enactment of section 88

Section 88 of the Employment Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Offences

88. Any person who employs in an industrial undertaking a young person who has no certificate of registration or who employs in an industrial undertaking a young person contrary to the conditions set out in the certificate of registration shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment except in the case where a young person suffers serious injury or death resulting from contravention of the provisions of this Part the offender shall be punished with a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two thousand dollars or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or with both such fine and imprisonment.”.