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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6, 1931.
Temporary provisions.
4. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said section 3A a claim to exemption under that section as amended by this Ordinance may be made within three months after the commencement of this Ordi- nance and if such claim is made any contributions made to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme of the Colony of Hong Kong shall be refunded.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 (1) (a) of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordi- nance, 1908, as amended by this Ordinance, every person, whose salary did not suffer abatement before the first day of January, 1930, and has suffered abate- ment since that date, by reason of his receipt of a salary of not less than four hundred and twenty dollars per annum but less than four hundred and eighty dollas per annum, shall receive a refund of his contri- butions, unless he claims the right to participate as a contributor within three months after the commence- ment of this Ordinance.
Deletion of references to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund.
5. The following deletions are made in the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.
(i) the words "the transfer to the Government of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund and of the management and control of" from the long title
(ii) the preamble ;
(i) paragraph (b) of section 2 ;
(iv) the words "to the Fund" at the end of
section 3 (1);
(v) the words "to the Fund " in line 3 and in
line 7 of section 3 (3) ;
(vi) the words "to the Fund" at the end of
section 3 (4) ; ·
(vii) the words "to the Fund in the first line of
section 29.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 5th day of February, 1931.
N. L. SMITH,
Clerk of Councils.