Clause 6

by deleting the words “$2,000” and “6 months” in sub-paragraph (iv) of subsection (1) and substituting the words “$4,000” and “one year”, respectively;

by deleting subsection (1A) and substituting the following subsection:“(1A) Where, in the case of any offence under subsection (1)(e), it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant has at the same time employed more than 5 immigration offenders, the defendant shall be punished, subject to section 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68], with caning in addition to the punishment prescribed for that offence.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(2A) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act for which a period of mandatory imprisonment or mandatory caning is prescribed, the body corporate shall, in lieu of imprisonment or caning, be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $50,000 and not more than $100,000.”;

by deleting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsection:“(8) Where an immigration offender is found at any premises or place, other than premises used solely for residential purposes, the occupier of the premises or place shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have employed him knowing that he is an immigration offender.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (10), the following subsection:“(11) In this section and section 57B, “immigration offender” means a person who has acted in contravention of section 6(1), 15 or 36 or the regulations.”.