Issue and
revocation of
certificates.


Provisions as to
Regulations
and Orders
made under this
Ordinance.




Offences.































Provisions
regarding
continuing
off ences.


 22. Any certificate issued under or for the purposes of this
 Ordinance by the Inspector may be issued for a limited period
 or without limit of period and may be varied or revoked by
 the Inspector issuing the same, or any successor in office.

 23. Any Regulation or Order made under this Ordinance may
 ie made ior a limited period or without limit of period and may
 be made subject to such conditions as the authority or person
 wnicn or who made the Regulation or Order thinks lit, and may
 contain such supplemental and consequential provisions as that
 authority or person considers necessary for giving full effect to
 Ute Regulation or Order.

 OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
 24. (1) in the event of any contravention in or in connection
 with or in relation to a factory, of the provisions of this Ordinance,
 or of any regulation or order made thereunder, the occupier or
 (if the contravention is one in respect of which the owner is by or
 under this Ordinance made responsible) the owner, of the factory
 shall, subject as hereinafter in this Ordinance provided, be guilty
 of an offence. ,., 5
 (2) In the event of a contravention by an employed person of
the proviions of this Ordinance with respect to duties of persons
cmpluyea or of a contravention by any person of any regulation )r
crder made under this Ordinance which expressly imposes any
duty upon him, that person shall b'e guilty of an offence and the
occupier or owner, as the case may be, shall not be guilty of an
offence in respect of that contravention unless it is proved that he
failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention.
 (3) If the occupier of a factory avails himself of any special
exception allowed by or under this Ordinance and fails to comply
with any of the conditions attached to the exception, he shall be
deemed to have contravened the provisions of this Ordinance.
 (4) If any persons are employed in a factory otherwise than
in accordance wiith -he provisions of this Ordinance or of any
regulation or order made thereunder, there shall be deemed to oe
a separate contravention in respect of each person so employed.
 (5) Where an offence under this Ordinance committed by a
company or other body of persons is proved to have been
committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been
facilitated by any neglect on the part of, any director, chairman
manager, secretary or other officer of the company, or other body
of persons, he, as well as the company, or other -body of persons,
shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to
be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

 25. It is hereby declared that where the contravention of any
provision of this Ordinance is a continuing offence-
 (a) the recommencement of such offence after any interval
 constitutes a fresh offence;


No. 5.


Factories.


1955.