Regula- tions.
Pensions, etc., to be charged on
revenue and
assets of
the
Colony.
Pensions, etc. not of right.
Certificate
of conduct.
Withholding or reduction of pension, etc.
Service not Qualifying for pension, etc.
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Commissioner for Transport in Kenya and Uganda, and any such other service as the Secretary of State may determine to be "public service" for the purpose of any provision of this Ordinance or of the regulations made thereunder.
Service as a Governor or High Commissioner of a British Dominion, Colony or Protectorate, or a territory under a British Mandate, or as a Governor in India shall be deemed to be public service except for the purposes of computation of pension or gratuity and of section 11 of this Ordinance;
(e) "Other public service" means public service not under the Government of this Colony.
3.--(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council with the sanction of the Secretary of State to make regulations for the granting of pensions, gratuities and other allowances to persons who have been in the public service of this Colony.
(2) Every such regulation shall be laid before the Legislative Council and shall be published in the Gazette.
4. There shall be charged on and paid out of the General revenue and assets of the Colony all such sums of money as may from time to time be granted by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance.
5.-(1) No officer shall have an absolute right to com- pensation for past services or to any pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance, nor shall anything in this Ordinance contained limit the right of the Crown or the Government to dismiss any officer without compensation.
(2) No officer shall be granted a pension, gratuity or other allowance without a certificate to the effect that he has discharged the duties of his office with such diligence and fidelity as to justify the grant to him of such pension, gratuity or other allowance. The certificate shall be given by the Governor in the case of the Colonial Secretary or a judge, by the Colonial Secretary in the case of any other head of a department, and by the head of the officer's department in other cases.
(3) Where it is established to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council that an officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct, the pension, gratuity or other allowance may be reduced or altogether withheld.
6. No pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted under this Ordinance to any officer-
(a) in respect of any service in any of the following capacities, namely, Private Secretary or Aide-de-Camp to the Governor, Private Secretary or clerk to a judge, unless in the permanent public service of this Colony, apprentice in a public department, volunteer, normal student, student in training or pupil teacher, or
(b) in respect of any service while on probation or agreement, unless without break of service he is confirmed in a pensionable office in this Colony or in an office in other public service which is at the time of confirmation pensionable under the law or regulations in force relating to such service, or
(c) if he held a pensionable office in the service on the Ist day of January, 1894, in respect of any service while under the age of sixteen years, or
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