(f) Exception. All matters concerning Chinese employees of the Municipal Council, the Power Company, the Shanghai Waterworks, and other public utility companies will be dealt with as heretofore by the Hongkew Branch of the Japanese Naval Landing Party.
(g) Date of enforcement. These regulations will be enforced at once so long as Japanese employers are concerned, but in the case of foreign employers, they will be put in force as from January 24, as preparations on the part of the SIN. Police are not @omplete.
However, matters concerning Chi-mese house servants employed by foreigners will be dealt with as heretofore by the competent S.M.C. Police Station.
Temporary Passage 2. Permits for the passage of temporary collective groups. of Chinese workmen, (a) Application procedure. Those persons who want to employ Chinese workmen during the period pending the issuance of certificate as stipulsted in item 1, have to submit an application to the Hongkew Branch of the Japanese Naval Landing Party for a permit for the passage of temporary collective groups of their Chinese employees, Such an application, made out in duplicate. must clearly mention the number of workmen, the destination of each group and the names of the employer and the person responsible for the group, and also give a pledge that employers will- be held responsible for the conducts of their Chinese employees, The application under this category does not require the photographs of employees and may. omit their names.
(b) Permits for Chinese resident employees. In case the whole group or part of Chinese employees are to be resident at their employers' properly, mention to that effect has to be made in the application. Resident employees are not allowed to go out individually.
(c) Term of validity. Since the permit for the passage of temporarily organized collective groups of Chiaese workmen is a provisional expedient available pending the completion of preparations in the S.M. Police, it is advisable for the employers to obtain advance certificates from the Municipal Council if they want to continue the services of their Chi-
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