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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 20, 1933.
Pensionable service.
Transfer to other department, &c.
Salary on which pension to be computed,
(b) on a certificate from the Inspector General of Police and from three Government medical officers that he is in- capable, by reason of some infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of his office and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent: Provided that in the case of an officer retiring while on leave of absence, a certificate from any medical practitioner authorised by the Secretary of State to make an examination, and to the like effect, will be accepted in lieu of the before mentioned certificate; or
(c) on abolition of his office.
7.-(1) Service in respect of which a pension, gratuity or other allowance may be granted must be unbroken, except in cases in which the service has been interrupted by tempor- ary suspension of employment not arising from misconduct or voluntary resignation: Provided that service prior to a break of service may be allowed to count together with service subsequent thereto if the whole of the intervening period has, with the previous sanction of the Governor, been spent in some other employment under the Crown.
(2) Only service in the Police Force, and service declared by the Governor, in each case, to be deemed to be service in such force will be taken into account.
(3) Absence on leave without salary shall not count as service.
8. If an officer is transferred to some other civil employ- ment under the Government of Hong Kong, or to any other public employment with the sanction of the Governor, he will not, in the absence of any special arrangement to the contrary, retain any expectation or claim under these regulations, but will be dealt with under the pension regulations (if any) applic- able to his service subsequent to such transfer, or under such special arrangements (if any) as may be made at the time of transfer.
9. (1) Pensions, gratuities and other allowances shall be computed-
(a) where an officer has held one office, the salary of which is not based on a scale of increments, for a period of not less than three years immediately preceding the date of his retirement, on the salary payable to him at that date in respect of that office;
(b) where an officer has at any time during the period of three years immediately preceding the date of his retirement been transferred from one such office to another, but his salary has not been changed by reason of such transfer or transfers, on the salary payable to him at the date of his retirement in respect of the office then held by him;
(c) where an officer has held an office or has served as an officer of a class, the salary of which is based on a scale of increments, for a period of not less than three years im- mediately preceding the date of his retirement, on the salary payable to him at that date in respect of that office, or as an officer of that class: Provided that where two or more classes are subject to one time scale, they shall be treated for this purpose as one class;
(d) in all other cases, on the average amount of the salary payable to the officer during a period of three years immediate- iy preceding the date of his retirement:
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