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During any such period of suspension the officer, con- stable or member of the civilian staff may be paid such proportion of his salary, not being less than one half, as the Governor shall think fit: Provided that if the proceedings do not result in the dismissal or other punishment of the officer, constable or member of the civilian staff, he shall be entitled to the full amount of the emoluments which he would have received if he had not been suspended.
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5. The Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1886, is amended Amendment by the repeal of the words Whenever it appears to the of Ordinance Governor that any tumult or riot has taken place or may 1886, s. 2. be reasonably apprehended, and that the ordinary officers appointed for preserving the peace are not sufficient there- for, in the first four lines thereof and the insertion of the words "at any time" immediately after the word "Governor" in the fourth line thereof.
Objects and Reasons.
1. Section 9 (1) of the Police Force Ordinance, No. 37 of 1932, provides that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for granting pensions to members of the force, or in respect of service in the force.
2. Regulations have been made under this section pro- viding for pensions to the widow and orphans of an officer who has been killed in the discharge of his duty, or who dies as a direct result of injuries received while on duty, or who dies of illness the contraction of which was specifically attributable to the nature of his duties, and also providing for the payment of gratuities to the representatives of an officer who, after completing five years' service, dies in the service.
3. Similar provision with regard to other civil servants is made in sections 16 and 18 of the Pensions Ordinance, No. 21 of 1932.
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4. Doubts have arisen whether the definition of Pen- sion in section 2 (d) of Ordinance No. 37 of 1932 as including " any allowance in the nature of a pension or any gratuity on retirement is wide enough to cover payments inade not on retirement but on the death of a serving officer.
5. The object of clause 2 of this Bill is to remove those doubts by inserting the words
death or before the word retirement in the definition.
6. Clause 3 (1) of this Bill similarly removes a doubt as to the power of the Commissioner of Police to make regulations under section 12 of the Police Force Ordinance for the government, discipline, internal economy and daily routine of the civilian staff of the force, by adding the words "and the civilian staff" (already included in paragraph (d)) to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of that section.