Transfer of contracts

(1) A valid contract may be transferred from one employer to another provided that the worker has freely consented to the transfer and the transfer is endorsed upon the contract by an attesting officer. (2) Before endorsing the transfer upon the contract, the attesting officer shall– (a) ascertain that the worker has freely consented to the transfer and that the worker’s consent has not been obtained by coercion or undue influence or as the result of misrepresentation or mistake; and 51 (b) satisfy himself that the contract has been duly attested as required by section 52 and the worker has been duly medically examined as required by section 53. (3) Any employer who is a party to the transfer of a contract and who fails or neglects within seven days of the date of such transfer to present the contract for endorsement by an attesting officer in accordance with this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.