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Widows and Orphans Pension.
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widow shall have no further claim on the directors in respect thereof.
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28. (1) No pension payable under this Ordinance shall be assigned or transferred, and every assignment or transfer thereof shall be absolutely null and void and of no effect.
(2) No such pension shall be attached, or levied upon, or arrested, or taken in execution on account of any debt or payment due by the person to whom such pension is payable.
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29. If any question arises as to whether any person is an officer within the meaning of this Ordinance, or as to whether any person is entitled to any pension as the widow or child of an officer, or as to the amount of pension to which any widow or child is entitled, or as to the meaning or construction to be assigned to any section of this Ordinance, or to any rule or regulation made under the provisions thereof, it shall be lawful for the directors, and they are hereby required, on the application of any such officer, widow or child, to submit such question for decision to the Governor; and the decision of the Governor thereon, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall be final.
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not to be levied upon.
Decision of questions under the Ordinance.
compulsory
30. No person contributing at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be required to pay any higher contribution than such as would entitle his widow or children to a pension of, in the case of a dollar contributor, fifteen hundred dollars, and in the case of a sterling contributor, two hundred and twenty-five pounds sterling per annum: Provided that every such person may if he wishes contribute the full four per cent of his salary or pension referred to in sections 8 and 10.
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31. The directors may make regulations, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, for the proper carrying out of this Ordinance.
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32. This Ordinance shall not apply to any officer who is a Director of Audit or Auditor, appointed on the recommendation of the Director of Colonial Audit in London, unless within six months after the date of his arrival in the Colony he has stated in writing to the Accountant General that he desires this Ordinance to apply to him, in which event it shall apply accordingly from the date of the receipt of the statement by the Accountant General.
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regulations.
Ordinance to Directors of Audit and Auditors not to apply unless they request.
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