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Employers

 Section 11 - Restrictions on supplying individuals to do security work

1. No person other than a company acting under and in accordance with a licence shall supply, agree to supply, or hold himself out as supplying any individual to do security work for another person for reward.

2. No person shall supply an individual to do any type of security work for another person unless the individual-

   (a) is the holder of a permit that is valid for that type of work; or
   (b) is to do the security work otherwise than for reward.

Offence: In accordance with Section 31(1), any person who contravenes section 11(1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years. In accordance with Section 31(2), any person who contravenes section 11(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

 Section 12 - Restrictions on obtaining benefit of security work

1. No person shall authorize or require another person to do any type of security work for him unless the other person-

   (a) is a holder of a permit that is valid for that type of work, a licensee, or an individual supplied by a licensee; or
   (b) is authorized or required to do the work otherwise than for reward.

2. Subsection (1) does not apply to an occupier of domestic premises who authorizes or requires another person to do security work for him in relation only to those premises.

3. In this section, "domestic premises" (住所) means premises used or intended to be used solely or principally for residential purposes and constituting a separate household unit.

Offence: In accordance with Section 31(2), any person who contravenes section 12 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

 Section 13 - Obligations of employers in respect of security work

1. Subject to subsection (3), any person who employs an individual to do security work, whether for him or another person, for reward shall within 14 days after the commencement of the employment, give written notice to the Commissioner of the names of the employer and the employee and of the date on which the employment commenced.

2. Subject to subsection (3), any person who ceases to employ an individual to do security work for reward shall within 14 days after the termination of the employment give written notice to the Commissioner of the names of the employer and the former employee and of the date on which the employment ceased.

3. Subsection (1) does not apply to an occupier of domestic premises who employs, and subsection (2) does not apply to an occupier of domestic premises who ceases to employ, an individual to do security work for him in relation only to those premises.

4. In this section, "domestic premises" (住所) means premises used or intended to be used solely or principally for residential purposes and constituting a separate household unit.

Security Personnel

 Section 10 - Restrictions on doing security work

No individual shall do, agree to do, or hold himself out as doing or as available to do, security work for another person unless he does so-

Offence: In accordance with Section 31(2), any person who contravenes section 10 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.