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Governor is satisfied that such damage or act is attributable to circumstances arising out of war in which His Majesty may be engaged, such officer shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have died in the circumstances described in subsection (1).
(5) An officer who dies as a result of injuries received while travelling by air in pursuance of official instructions shall be deemed to have died in the circumstances detailed in (a) and (c) of subsection (1): Provided that in such a case and if (b) is also satisfied the rates of pension prescribed in (i) and (ii) of that subsection shall be one-fourth and one-sixth respectively.
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18. For the purpose of calculating a pension allowance occupation. or gratuity under this Ordinance an officer's service may with enemy the approval of the Governor be deemed to be unbroken notwithstanding that he ceased to be employed in the service of this Colony after the 25th day of December, 1941, if such officer resumed such service not later than the 31st day of March, 1947, and in such case such period of cessation of service which occurred before the 15th day of March, 1946, or any part thereof may, with the approval of the Governor, be deemed to be service which may be counted for the purpose of calculating an allowance or gratuity grantable under this Ordinance: Provided that an officer who did not resume duty and who died not later than the 31st day of March, 1947, shall nevertheless be deemed to have resumed duty, for the purpose of this section, on the date of his death.
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19. (1) Subject to express provisions to the contrary in Commence- the Ordinance or the regulations hereunder, this Ordinance application and such regulations shall be deemed to have had effect from the 1st day of January, 1947, and the provisions thereof shall except as otherwise provided apply to all officers in the service of the Colony on or after the said date: Provided that no pension or gratuity shall be grantable under this Ordinance in respect of service by an officer terminating between the 1st day of January, 1947, and the enactment of this Ordinance when no pension or gratuity would have been grantable, if this Ordinance had effect on the date of enactment, by reason of the age at which such officer left the service of the Colony.
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