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And provided further that where a pension, gratuity or allowance ceases for any reason aforesaid the Secretary of State for the Colonies or, if the pensioner is resident in the Colony then the Governor in Council with the approval of the Secretary of State, may cause all or any part of the moneys to which the pensioner would have been entitled by way of pension, gratuity or allowance during the remainder of the pensioner's life or during any shorter period or periods, either conti- nuous or discontinuous, to be paid to or applied for the benefit of all or any exclusive of the others of the following persons, that is to say, the dependents of the pensioner, and the pensioner himself if and when his sentence, if any as aforesaid, shall have expired, in such proportions, if there be more than one recipient or beneficiary, and manner and subject to such conditions, qualifications and restrictions as the Secretary of State or the Governor in Council with such approval as aforesaid, as the case may be, may see fit to direct and impose. Any such directions, conditions, qualifications and restric- tions may in like manner be revised, altered, added to or withdrawn at any time and from time to time.
E. W. HAMILTON,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
7th September, 1927.
(Extract from the Hong Kong Government Gazette No. 38 of the 9th September, 1927)