532 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 pen
sion 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 Jurisdic
tion, 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