Employment Agencies Order, 2004 · As enacted
6. {1)
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person shall carry on an employment agency unless he is the holder of a licence granted by the Commissioner:
employment agency
"employment agency" means any agency or registry carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, and includes any registry set up by an employer for the sole purpose of recruiting persons for employment on his own behalf;
Provided that it shall not be a contravention of this section if a person who was carrying on the business of an employment agency before the commence-ment of this Order and who has applied for a licence under this Order within the time allowed by subsecti9n (4) of section 7 continues to carry on such business until the determination of his application for the licence.
{2}
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection {1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or both.
Application for licence.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under subsection (1) of section 3 of the Labour Act;
employment agency
Defined · s 2"employment agency" means any agency or registry carried on or represented as being or intended to be carried on (whether for the purpose of gain or reward or not) for or in connection with the employment of persons in any capacity, and includes any registry set up by an employer for the sole purpose of recruiting persons for employment on his own behalf;