Section 4B: Employment cards
consolidated text (as at 1972). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4B. Employment cards
(1) Where an employer engages the service of a designated person, he
shall, within 3 days, apply to the employment exchange of his locality for the
employment card of the person employed.
(2) The Employment Service shall, on application made under subsection (1), issue to the employer, in respect of the designated person, an employment card which shall be in the prescribed form.
(3) Every employer to whom an employment card is issued under subsection (2) shall—
(a) retain it in his possession for the whole period during which the
designated person remains in his service; and
(b) within 3 days of the termination of the designated person’s employment, fill in the particulars on the employment card relating
to the designated person’s service and return the card to the
employment exchange of his locality.
(4) Every person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, has
in his possession an employment card issued under this section shall commit
an offence.
(5) A new or duplicate employment card may be issued at such time and
on such grounds as may be prescribed.