8. Prohibition of employment of employee or contract worker without work permit
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No employer or contractor shall employ an employee or contract worker, as the case may be, who has not been issued a work permit.
No employee or contract worker, who is not in possession of a valid work permit, shall accept employment from, or be in the employment of, an employer or contractor, as the case may be.
employee
“employee” means any person who seeks employment with, or is offered employment by, or is employed by, an employer at a salary of not more than $1,500* a month or such other sum as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, and includes any person who is already employed by an employer on 1st February 1966;
No employer or contractor shall employ an employee or contract worker, as the case may be, otherwise than in accordance with the conditions contained in the work permit.
contractor
“contractor” means any person who contracts with any other person to carry out the whole or part of any work undertaken by that other person in the course of, or for the purpose of, that other person’s trade or business;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.