2nd.--That
Cavid Reid
has been in the Service of the Colony for.
5 4
not
years.
Srd. That in the course of that Service he has been absent on leave on several
occasions-at-the-dates and for the terms specified below, viz. :-
For
Mouths beginning on the
EXTRACTS
FROM
LEAVE REGULATIONS
OF
HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.
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and ending on the.
2nd.-
3rd.--
4th-That provision has been made for the execution of his duty during his absence
departmentally
5th. That this leave is granted under Sections 1 and 2 of the Police Regulations
printed on page 3.
6th.--Under Section 2 he is entitled to a return passage, 2nd class per Peninsular &
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Mail Steamer, at the cost of the Colony,
subject to his passing a satisfactory medical Examination about 3 months before
the expiration of his leave as to his fitness to return to a tropical climate.
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Willinen Robinzon
Governor.
Regulations approved by the Governor on the 20th day of August, 198, relating to leave of absence and pensions to Members of the Police Force of Hongkong, under Ordinance 14 of 1887.
EUROPEANS.
Leave at the expiration of Five Years' Service.
1. Any Europeau Member of the Police Force may, after each period of five years' service, on |claiming his return passage, under § 16 of Ordinance 14 of 1887, apply through the Captain Superin- tendent of Police to His Excellency the Governor for permission to return to the service within a period not exceeding nine months.
2. Should this application be approved, the Applicant will receive half pay, during his absence, and a certificate entitling him to a return passage to the Colony within the period specified; subject to his passing a satisfactory Medical Examination about three months before the expiration of his leave as to his fitness to return to a tropical climate.
3. The Applicant shall enter into a bond for the refund of the half pay, or the difference between his pension and half pay as the case may be, drawn after his leaving the Colony, in case he does not return at the period specified.
4. This period may nevertheless be extended by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on such ground as may to him be satisfactory, and such extension shall de deemed to be leave originally granted within the meaning of the above Sections I, II, and III, anything therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
5. Such leave shall enable the Applicant to couut his previous service as regards the time of service acquired before a pension is grauted, and each period of two months on leave shall count as one month's service towards the computation of a pension.
6. On the Applicant's return to the Colony, he shall be reinstated in his relative position in the Force, and he will be sworn in for a further period of five years' service under §§ 3 and 13 of Ordinance
14 of 1887.
7. If at the expiration of five years' service leave is refused on the ground that the Applicant's service cannot then be spared, he shall be allowed leave at the earliest suitable date, and the time elapsing between the expiration of the above mentioned five years' service and the date of his going ou leave, shall be calculated towards the period of five years' service to be served by him on his return from such leave. If the time of year at which a period of five years' service expires is on consideration of health unsuitable for leave to be taken, the Applicant may, by permission, go on leave at any within six months from such expiration of service, and this interval shall count towards his next period of five years' service.
time
8. The period of time spent on leave will not count towards the calculation of time constituting any term of five years' service for bonus or passage.