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sanctity of marriage.

The Nigerian Ordinance

provides (Section 2 (2)) that any divorced wife

is to be treated as if she were dead. This

is comma to other Cols &

practice has been recommended to Jamaica, (See

35818/27), and, seems reasonable. Moreover,

the Hong Kong provision only recognises divorces

by a British Court. This seems to be an un-

necessary restriction. We might recommend them

to adopt the Nigerian provision.

(8) Rules for calculating Pension. Α

small amendment is made so that an officer who

enters the service as a widower, without

pensionable children, is treated as if he were

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a bachelor. This seems reasonable, follows the

existing (illegal) practice, and corresponds

A don't

with the provision of the Nigerian rules. think the change can affect the actuarial basis as it slightly) Refund of Contributions. A new

after the

section is to be added to the Principal Ordin-

ance dealing with this, (Section 17).

Sub-section (1) deals with contributions

made in error and seems all right.

Sub-section (2) deals with officers

excluded by the Governor in Council under

of the mineshal Ovall

Section 3 (2) that is, officers engaged on

work of a special or temporary nature, or

So

contributing elsewhere. Its effect is to

make the section 3 (2) retrospective.

far as the officers on temporary work are

concerned, a similar provision is already

in operation . Contributions could therefore

only have been made in error and such cases

will be dealt with by sub-section (1) As

to the officers contributing elsewhere, it

is not clear that any such cases have yet

arisen, (if not the provision is unnecessary),

and, any way, the proposed amendment to

sub-section

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