Chapter:	63	Title:	TRADE BOARDS ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	6	Heading:	Liability of agents and other persons	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Where an offence for which an employer is by virtue of this Ordinance liable to a fine has in fact been committed by some agent of the employer or other person, that agent or other person shall be liable to be proceeded against for the offence in the same manner as if he were the employer, and either together with, or before or after the conviction of, the employer, and shall be liable on conviction to the same punishment as that to which the employer is liable.
(2) Where an employer who is charged with an offence against this Ordinance proves to the satisfaction of the court that he has used due diligence to enforce the execution of the Ordinance, and that the offence was in fact committed by his agent or some other person without his knowledge, consent, or connivance, he shall, in the event of the conviction of that agent or other person for the offence, be exempt from any fine in respect of the offence, without prejudice, however, to the power of the court under subsections (2) and (3) of section 5 to adjudge him to pay any sum which appears to the court to be due to the person employed on account of wages.
(3) Where the immediate employer of any worker to whom a minimum rate of wages applies is himself in the employment of some other person and that worker is employed on the premises of that other person, that other person shall for the purposes of the provisions of this Ordinance relating to the penalty for not paying wages in accordance with the minimum rate be deemed to be the employer of the worker jointly with the immediate employer.