1993-02-20 11:06 C.S.B. (1) 8685069
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CHAPTER II TERMINATION OF SERVICE
June 92
TERMINATION OF SERVICE BY THE OFFICER, I.E. RESIGNATION
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All officers who have been confirmed to the permanent establishment, may terminate their service by giving a minimum of three calendar months' notice in writing of their intention to resign or by paying to the Government one month's salary (and any other pensionable pay or allowance) in lieu of notice, except (a) where special provisions governing resignation procedures have been laid down in a particular Ordinance, e.g. the Police Force Ordinance; and (b) officers appointed before 1 July 1987 who are aged 54-1/2 or above may terminate their service by giving 6 months' notice of their intention to resign.
Local officers who are serving on probation and all officers on month-to-month terms, may terminate their service by giving a minimum of one calendar month's notice in writing or by paying to the Government one month's salary (and any other pensionable pay or allowance) in lieu of notice, unless their terms of appointment provide for a longer cr shorter period of notice. All officers on day-to-day term., may terminate their service by giving one day's notice in writing or by paying to the Government one day's pay in lieu of notice during the first eleven days of employment, or by giving seven days' notice in writing or by paying to the Government seven days' pay in lieu of notice after the first eleven days of employment.
An officer giving notice of his resignation while on leave outside Hong Kong should address it by registered post to
The his Head of Department or Grade; as appropriate. officer should retain the registration receipt as evidence that the letter of resignation has been posted, and as a means of tracing the letter if it does not arrive.
The Secretary for the Civil Service may, at the request of the officer and after considering the recommendation of his Head of Department or Grade, as appropriate, dispense with the requirement for an officer to give the normally required period of notice of intention to resign or to pay to the Government one month's salary (and any other pensionable pay or allowance) in lieu of notice. This authority will be exercised only in exceptional circumstances where, in the opinion of the Secretary for the Civil Service, there are The leave of an adequate compassionate or other grounds. officer whose resignation is approved under this regulation will rally be forfeited under CSR 1106(1)(d). offic is allowed to resign under CSR 320(4) while on his earna leave his resignation will normally be effective from the end of the approved leave.
Officers serving on agreement may terminate their servic ́ in accordance with the terms of their agreement.
Amendment No. 71(6)/92