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(iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following-
"(1A) In respect of an officer who has more than one period of continuous service, a gratuity shall be granted under paragraph (1) in respect of each period of continuous service; but the total sum of the gratuities granted in respect of more than one period of continuous service shall not exceed the sum of the gratuity that would have been granted had the officer's period of service been continuous and had his highest salary or notional highest salary in respect of his previous period of service, whichever is the greater, been taken for the calculation of the gratuity, less any pension, gratuity or allowance already paid or payable to him but excluding any additional pension granted under regulation 31.";
(v) in paragraph (2A), by inserting after "lesser" the following-
", but an officer who has been granted a deemed increase of service under this paragraph in respect of his previous period of service shall only be eligible for a further deemed increase of service for any subsequent period of service to the extent that the total deemed increase of service does not exceed the maximum deemed increase of service specified in this para- graph"; and
(vi) by deleting paragraph (5) and substituting the following
"(5) For the purposes of computing 9 months' salary of an officer under paragraph (2), the highest monthly salary enjoyed or drawn by him in the course of any particular period of continuous service only shall be taken into account for computing the amount for that period; but, where an officer is serving on trial or probation in an office immediately following service other than on trial or probation, the highest monthly salary which the officer would have enjoyed or drawn in his substantive rank at the date of his retirement or death shall be taken into account.";
(z) in regulation 31—
(i) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by deleting "a pensionable" wherever it occurs and substituting in each case the following-
"an established";
(ii) in paragraphs (1)(ii) and (iii) and (2), by deleting "of the Colony" and substituting in each case the following-
"under the Government";
(iii) by deleting paragraph (3);
(iv) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by deleting "air in pursuance of official instructions" and
substituting the following-
"any means in pursuance of official instructions or in the course of his duties";
(B) by deleting “paragraph (1)(a) and (c):” and substituting
the following-
"paragraph (1)."; and
(C) by deleting the proviso;