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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 390.
The following Acts are published for general information.
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By Command,
ARATHOON SETH,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th September, 1889.
for the Colonial Secretary.
CHAPTER 13.
An Act to extend, in certain cases, the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1859, and to extend and otherwise amend the provisions of the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872.
[5th July 1887.]
E it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and
Parliament assembled; and by the Authority of the same as follows:-
1. This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Colonial Service) Act, 1887, and shall Short title and be construed as one with the Superannuation Act, 1859, and with the Colonial Governors construction. (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872.
Acts to Colonial
2. Where a person who has been employed in any office in the permanent civil Application of service of a colony has been employed also in some Imperial civil capacity, his service Superannuation in the said office shall for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, 1859, and the civil service. Colonial Governors (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872, and the Acts amending the said 2 Vict. c. 26, 28 & 29 Acts. be deemed to be service in the permanent civil service of the State, and the said 35 & 36 Vict, c. 29. office shall be deemed to be an office in a public department, and the said person shall, subject as herein after provided, be qualified to receive a pension accordingly.
Provided that the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall determine the portion of every such pension which shall be paid from the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom or moneys voted by Parliament, but no payment shall be made there- from in respect of any employment in the permanent civil service of a colony,
The expression "Imperial civil capacity" in this section means the permanent civil service of the State, and also the administration of the government of a colony within the meaning of the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act, 1865.
Vict. c. 113.
& 29 Vict. c. 113.,
c. 29.
3. A person shall not receive by way of pension, under the Colonial Governors Provision as to (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872, an amount which, together with any pension for service pensions under 28 in the permanent civil service of the State or of a colony, exceeds the sum of one thou- and 35 & 36 Vict. sand pounds a year, or two-thirds of the salary and emoluments of his office in that service, whichever is greater. But his pension under the said Acts shall not be reduced by reason of his pension in respect of the said service being an emolument within the meaning of section seven of the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Act, 1865.
allowance to be
4. Any pension to be granted in pursuance of section ten of the Colonial Governors Mode of computing (Pensions) Act, 1865, as amended by this Act, to a person who has administered the superannuation government of any colony or colonies shall be computed, according to the provisions of granted in certain the Superannuation Act, 1859, on the salary and emoluments of his office in the per- manent civil service of the State or of a colony, and not on the salary received by him in respect of the administration of the said government.
cases.
& 29 Vict. c. 113.
5. Whereas by the Colonial. Governors (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872, provision Application of 28 is made for retiring pensions to persons who have administered the government of any and 35 & 36 Vict. of Her Majesty's Colonies, and it is expedient to extend the said Acts to Her Majesty's c. 29. to High High Commissioner in Cyprus: Be it therefore enacted as follows:
A pension may be granted in pursuance and subject to the provisions of the Colonial Governors (Pensions) Acts, 1865 and 1872, as amended by this or any other Act, to a person who has, either before or after the passing of this Act, administered the government of Cyprus as Her Majesty's High Commissioner, and those Acts shall apply as if Cyprus were a colony within the meaning thereof, and were within Her Majesty's dominions.
Commissioner in Cyprus.