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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 28, 1929.
HONG KONG.
No. 9 of 1929.
I assent.
L. S.
C. CLEMENTI, Governor.
Short title.
Amendment
28th June, 1929.
An Ordinance to amend further the Widows'
and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.
[28th June, 1929.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Section 3 (1) (c) of the Widows' and Orphans' of Ordinance Pension Ordinance, 1908, is amended by the deletion
of the word "not" in the third line.
No. 15 of
1908, s. 3 (1) (c),
effect.
Retrospective 3. The amendment made by section 2 of this Ordi- nance shall for all purposes whatsoever be deemed to have been made immediately after the coming into operation of the proclamation of the Governor under section 8 (2) of the Ordinances of Hong Kong, 1884- 1923, Ordinance, 1923, which was published in the Gazette of the 19th September, 1924.
Ordinance
No. 18 of 1923.
Insertion of new section 3A in Ordinance No. 15 of 1908.
4. The following section is inserted in the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, immediately after section 3 thereof :-
Contributors to other
schemes.
3A.-(1) No officer shall be required to contribute under this Ordinance if, and for so long as, he is contributing to an approved scheme.
(2) For the purposes of this section an approved scheme means a scheme for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of Government officers, estab- lished in a British Colony or Protectorate or in British India or in any territory in respect of which a mandate is being exer- cised by the government of any part of His Majesty's dominions, which is declared by the Secretary of State to be an approved scheme for the purposes of this section.
(3) Any claim for exemption under this section must be in writing and must reach the Colonial Secretary within three months after the officer commences to draw salary from this Government.