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Pay and emoluments.
Pensions for disabled members of the Force and for widows and families of those who lose their
Hong Kong Defence Force.
necessary, and shall only be released from such service by order of the Governor.
(5) In any proceedings whatsoever the production of a copy of a number of the Gazette containing what purports to be a proclamation under subsection (1), shall for all purposes whatsoever be conclusive proof that the said proclamation was lawfully issued and that the Force, or the part thereof, referred to in the said proclamation, was duly called out on the date which purports to be the date of such number of the Gazette.
15. (1) All officers and volunteers shall when called out or under training receive full pay and emoluments appropriate to their units at rates in accordance with the Force pay code and, in addition, when serving in the Colony receive a cost of living allowance at the current rate admissible to a servant of the Government of Hong Kong earning a similar amount as salary subject, nevertheless, to a minimum rate to be fixed from time to time by the Governor in Council.
(2) When called out an officer or volunteer, who is required by the exigencies of service to live in a country different to that of his family, shall receive a high cost of living allowance which shall be assessed by the Governor in Council on the cost of living prevailing at his family's place of residence.
16. (1) Every officer and every volunteer, irrespective of nationality, who when called out, in training or under instruction sustains wounds or injuries or contracts an illness, which in the opinion of a board constituted for the purpose of this section, is attributable to or aggravated by such service, shall be entitled to apply for the appropriate disability pension. Such pension shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of the Force pay code at rates applicable to his rank and appropriate to his unit.
lives whilst called out, in training or under instruction.
(2) The wife (as defined in the Force pay code) of an officer or volunteer, as declared on the date of enlistment or as subsequently notified to the Commandant, who loses his life whilst called out, in training or under instruction or whose death is, in the opinion of a board constituted for the purpose of this section, attributable to illness caused or aggravated by such service shall, irrespective of the deceased's nationality, be entitled—
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