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Employment Agencies Act 1958 s 16

Employment Agencies Act 1958 s 16

s 16 Offer of fees, etc., prohibited

16.—(1) A licensee or employment agency personnel must not give or offer to give (whether directly or indirectly) to an employer or a prospective employer, any sum or other benefit —(a) as consideration or as inducement for employing a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer; (b) as consideration or as inducement for continuing to employ a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer; or (c) as a financial guarantee related, whether directly or indirectly, to the employment of a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.[15

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