THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 13, 1911.
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No. 6. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council:-
Ordinance No. 1 of 1911.-An Ordinance to amend the Widows' and Orphans'
Pension Ordinance, 1908.
HONGKONG.
No. 1 of 1911.
An Ordinance to amend the Widows' and
Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.
LO
F. D. LUGARD,
Governor,
[13th January, 1911.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :--
1. This Ordinance may be cited as
.
The Widows' and Short title
Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, 1911," and shall aud
be read as one with the Widows' and Orphaus' Pension construction, Ordinance, 1908, hereinafter called "The Principal Ordinance and with the Widows' and Orphans' Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1909.
2. Section 7 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Amends amended by the insertion at the end of sub-section (1) of section 7 of
the Principal the following further Proviso —
Ordinance.
Provided further that in the case of an officer holding a post the salary of which is on a dollar basis the abatement shall be made in dollars at four per centum of his nominal salary and if such officer is in receipt of exchange compensation allowance such exchange com- pensation allowance shall be calculated upon such nominal dollar salary before the abatement at four per centum as aforesaid has been made.”
3. The following section is hereby inserted after section 10 of the Principal Ordinance :—
electing to
contribute on former dollar
"10.-(a.) In the case of a public officer retiring from
Right of the public service whose pension is paid on a public officer dollar basis and who elects to contribute on the retiring and basis of his former dollar salary such pension shall be reduced by the amount of the abate- ment at four per centum of his former dollar salary and the balance shall be payable to him converted into sterling at the rate of exchange at which he is entitled to receive such pen- sion."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hougkong, this 12th day of January, 1911.
salary.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 13th day of January, 1911.
F. H. MAY,
Colonial Secretary.