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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH JULY, 1895.
(e) That half pay is granted for the period on leave, and the return passage of the Applicant defrayed. These amounts will be paid on the Applicant's return to the Colony and re-
enlistment.
(f) The number of men on leave will be limited at the discretion of His Excellency the
Governor.
(g) On the Applicant's return he will be sworn in under §§ 8 and 13 of Ordinance 14 of 1887,
for a further period of five years' service, and reinstated in his relative position. III.-Members of the Force who are drawing allowance for knowledge of English, Hindustani or Chinese will be allowed to draw half the allowance when on half pay leave.
W. C. H. HASTINGS, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.
Approved by the Governor in Council this 4th day of July, 1895.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
HONGKONG POLICE.
PENSION REGULATIONS.
The following Regulations, concerning the general conditions upon which Pensions, Superannuation Allow- ances, or other Relief are to be granted, under Section 17 of Ordinance No. 14 of 1887 to Subordinate Officers or Constables of the Police Force, authorized by His Excellency the Governor in Council, this 4th day of July, 1895, are substituted for those made by the Governor in Council on the 20th July, 1891, and Gazetted on the 21st July, 1891:--
1. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a Pension will be granted to any Subordinate Officer or Constable of the Police Force, who has completed fifteen years' service and has attained the age of 45 years, at a rate not exceeding 20/60ths of the Annual pay of his rauk, pro- vided he shall have been in receipt of the same for the last three years; otherwise, the pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person during the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension. Further, for every full and complete year's service after fifteen years, an addition to the Annual Pension of 1/60th part of the average annual pay of his rank shall be made for each additional year of such service.
2. Any Subordinate Officer or Constable of the Police Force who may be invalided after serving ten complete years and under fifteen years, may (provided that such invaliding be not the consequence of intemperate or vicious habits) be granted a pension not exceeding 15/60s of the average Annual pay' of his rank during the past three years' service, and 1/60" for each full and complete year's service after ten years.
3. Any Subordinate Officer or Constable of the Police Force who may be invalided as aforesaid before the completion of ten years' service may be granted a Gratuity not exceeding one month's pay for each complete year's service.
The Pension of a Subordinate Officer or Constable, who retires on account of infirmity of body or mind certified by the Colonial Surgeon to have been brought about by his own default or vicious habits, may be reduced by an amount not exceeding one half of the Pension to which such Subordinate Officer or Constable would otherwise have been entitled.
4. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a Pension will be granted to any Subordinate Officer or Constable of the Police Force who joined previous to the 13th September, 1884, (excepting those who have joined under or have accepted an agreement to serve fifteen years before becoming entitled to a Pension) who has served ten years, at the rate of 15/60ths of the Annual pay of his rank, provided he shall have been in receipt of the same for the last three years; otherwise, the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person during the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension. Further, for every full and complete year's service after ten years, an addition to the Annual Pension of 1/60 part of the average annual pay of his rank shall be made for each additional year of such service.
5. Extra pay for acting appointments will in no case be taken into consideration in determining the amounts of Pension or Gratuity.
6. Time spent on leave with half salary, provided it does not exceed 1/6th of resident service, shall be reckoned for Pension purposes at the rate of one month for every two months of such leave, but absence without salary or beyond 1/6 of resident service shall not be reckoned at all.