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ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1862. -
Civil Pensions.
Minute framed under Ordinance No. 10 of 1862 by the Governor 5th May 1862, and gazetted 29th November 1862.
1. Under instructions from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the following rules respecting pensions to the public servants of this Colony be published for general information.
2. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, all public servants holding offices named in the Civil List Ordinance, or offices described in the Annual Estimates as the Fixed Establishment of the Colony, and drawing salaries of thirty pounds a year and upwards, shall be entitled to pensions as follows:-
To any person who shall have served ten years and upwards and under eleven years, an annual allowance of fifteen-sixtieths of the annual salary of his office. For eleven years and under twelve years, an annual allowance of sixteen-sixtieths of such salary.
And in like manner, a further addition to the annual allowance of one-sixtieth in respect of each additional year of such service, until the completion of a period of service of thirty-five years, when the Annual Allowance of forty-sixtieths may be granted, and no addition shall be made in respect of any service beyond thirty-five years.
3. The Chief Justice, provided he shall not have served in any other office in the Colony, shall be entitled to a pension after seven years' service; at which time an allowance of three years' additional service shall be made to him; such pension to increase at the rate of two years' service for each additional year he serves, until an allowance of ten years' additional service has been made to him; after which his pension shall increase at the same rate only as other officers, until he shall have reached twenty-five years' service, when he may receive the full allowance of forty-sixtieths of his annual salary, and no addition shall be made for any service beyond twenty-five years.
4. The Judge of the Summary Jurisdiction Court, and the Colonial Chaplain, provided that previous to their appointments in such capacities, they shall not have served in other offices in the Colony, shall be entitled after ten years' and under eleven years' service to pensions at the rate of twenty-sixtieths of the annual salaries of their respective offices, increasing an additional sixtieth for every additional year's service, until the completion of thirty years' service, when the annual allowance of forty-sixtieths may be granted, and no addition shall be made in respect of any service beyond thirty years. In case of the elevation of any Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, who may be entitled to the additional five years allowed by this clause, to the office of Chief Justice, the pension of such officer upon retirement may be calculated at the rate specified in this clause.
5. Any public servant of the Colony who may be elevated to the office of Governor of Hongkong shall, on his retirement from that office, be entitled to the same pension as