Clause 17

Any employer who fails to pay his female employee in accordance with or acts in contravention of any provision of Part III or sections 77 to 86 of the Employment Act (Cap. 91) as made applicable by section 12 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.

Where an employer has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1), the court may order that employer to make restitution of any moneys paid out to that employer by the Government under section 10 which has not been paid to the female employee in accordance with the provisions of Part III.