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Establishment Regulation 1420 does not apply to an officer who is dismissed, whose services are term- inated, or who resigns and is not granted a homeward passage.
15. FAILURE TO TAKE UT AFFOINTMENT
RESIGNATION
(i)
Officers on first appointment
(a) An officer who fails to take up the post to
which he is appointed or leaves or gives notice of his intention to resign from the service before completion of his full tour of service, will be required to refund to the Hong Kong Government that proportion of the cost of out- ward passages to Hong Kong (including associated baggage and travelling expenses) provided in that tour for himself and his family which the uncompleted portion of full tour bears to the full tour.
(b) An officer who fails to take up the post to
which he is appointed, or leaves or gives notice of his intention to resign from the service before completion of his full tour of service, will be required to refund to the Hong Kong Government:- (1) the outstanding balance of any recoverable
advances of salary which he may have received; (2) the cost to the Hong Kong Government of any
school passages (see Section 11 above) provided for his children during that tour.
An officer on first appointment will be required to sign an Agreement to this effect with the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations in London or, in other countries, with the authority who acts on behalf of the Hong Kong Government.
(ii) Officers on re-appointment
(a) An officer who fails to take up the post to
which he is re-appointed, or leaves or gives notice of his intention to resign from the service before completing half of the second or subseq- uent normal tour, will be required to refund to the Hong Kong Government that proportion of the cost to Government of outward passages to Hong Kong provided in that tour for himself and his family (if any) which the uncompleted portion of the half tour bears to the half tour.
(b) An officer who fails to take up the post to which
he is re-appointed, or leaves or gives notice of his intention to resign from the service before completion of his full tour of service, will be required to refund to the Hong Kong Government:- (1) the outstanding balance of any recoverable
advances of salary which he may have received; (2) the cost to the Hong Kong Government of any
school passages (see Section 11 above) provided for his children during that tour.
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