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pension to the mother, while of good character and without adequate means of support, of an amount not exceeding the pension which might have been granted to his widow:
Provided that-
(A) pensions shall not be payable under this sub- section at any time in respect of more than six children;
(B) in the case of a pension granted under sub- paragraph (v) of this sub-section, if the mother is a widow at the time of the grant of the pension and subsequently remarries such pension shall cease as from the date of re-marriage; and if it appears to the Secretary of State at any time that the mother is adequately provided with other means of support, such pension shall cease as from such date as the Secretary of State may determine;
(C) a pension granted to a child under this section shall cease in the case of a male at the age of 18 years and in the case of a female on marriage or at the age of 21 years.
(3) In the case of an officer not holding a pensionable office, the expression "pensionable emoluments" in the preceding sub-section shall mean the emoluments enjoyed by him which would have been pensionable emoluments if the office held by him had been a pensionable office.
(3) For the purposes of this section-
(a) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is precluded from being married to another person at the same time, "wife" shall mean the woman to whom such officer is lawfully married;
(b) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is or becomes lawfully married to more than one woman at the same time, "wife" shall mean the woman whom such officer first married: Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a pension under this Ordinance ceasing to be so eligible and at the time of such cessation the officer was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the officer shall be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to have become a widower at the time of such cessation aforesaid and simultaneously to have married the woman who at such time was his wife and whom he married first after his marriage to the wife who has ceased to be eligible as aforesaid;
(c) where an officer contracts a lawful Chinese customary marriage "wife" shall mean the kit fat or tin fong wife;
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(d) "widow" shall mean the woman who is the wife of an officer at the time of his death;
(e) "child" shall mean-
(i) the child of an officer born by a woman who
is the wife or widow of such officer at the time of the birth; and
(ii) a person wholly or mainly dependent upon
the deceased officer for support, adopted as a child by such officer before the date of injury in a manner recognized by the Governor.
(4) II an officer proceeding by a route approved by the Governor to or from this Colony at the commencement or termina- tion of his service therein, or of a period of leave therefrom, dies as a result of damage to the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in which he is travelling or of any act of violence directed against such vessel, aircraft or vehicle and the Governor is satisfied that such damage or act is attributable to circumstances arising out of war in which His Majesty may be engaged, such officer shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to have died in the circumstances described in sub-section (1) of this section.
(5) An officer who dies as a result of injuries received while travelling by air in pursuance of official instructions shall be deemed to have died in the circumstances detailed in (4) and (e) of sub-section (1) of this section : Provided that in such a case and if (b) is also satisfied the rates of pension prescribed in (i) and (ii) of that sub-section shall be one-fourth and one-sixth respectively.
18. For the purpose of calculating a pension allowance or Effect of gratuity under this Ordinance an officer's service may with the enemy
occupation. approval of the Governor be deemed to be unbroken notwithstand- ing that he ceased to be employed in the service of this Colony after the 25th day of December, 1941, if such officer resumed such service not later than the 31st day of March, 1947, and in such case such period of cessation of service which occurred before the 15th day of March, 1946, or any part thereof may, with the approval of the Governor, be deemed to be service which may be counted for the purpose of calculating an allowance or gratuity grantable under this Ordinance: Provided that an officer who did not resume duty and who died not later than the 31st day of March, 1947, shall nevertheless be deemed to have resumed duty, for the purpose of this section, on the date of his death.
19. (1) Subject to express provisions to the contrary in the Commence- Ordinance or the regulations in the Schedule hereto, this Ordin- ment and
application ance and such regulations shall be deemed to have had effect from of the