Amendment
of section
8 of Cap. 80.
Amendment
of
subsection (1) of
section 17
of Cap. 69.
Addition
of new
section
17A to
Cap. 89.
"provided that if his service in such other public service is superannuated under the Federated Superannuation System for Universities or a similar insurance scheme, he has retired on one of the grounds mentioned in paragraphs (a) (c) (d) (e) and (f) of this section".
Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended
as follows-
(u) by the deletion of the words "ather than a judge"
wherever they occur;
(b) in subsection (1), by the substitution of a comma for the full-stop appearing at the end thereof and by the addition of the following-
5.
"which approval shall, in the case of a judge, be given in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State."
Subsection (1) of section 17 of the principal Ordinance
I
is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "seven hundred and eighty" for the words "four hundred and eighty" appearing in the fourth and fifth lines of sub-paragraph (i) thereof.
6. The following new section shall be inserted immediately after section ry of the principal Ordinance-
"Awards
in respect
of service while on abnormal duty.
(Cap. 233)
(G.N.A. 270/50)
(25 of 1951)
(Cap. 197)
a
17A. (1) Where an officer is serving as member of the Police Reserve Force under the pro- visions of the Police Reserve Ordinance, or a special constable under the provisions of the Emergency (Special Constabulary) Regulations, 1950, or as an officer or member of the Defence Force under the provisions of the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force Ordinance, 1951, or as a member of the Essential Services Corps under the provisions of the Essential Services Corps Ordinance, and is killed or injured in such circumstances that a pension, gratuity or other award is grantable in respect of such service, a pension gratuity or other award may at the option of the beneficiary be granted either under this Ordinance under the provisions relating to death resulting from injuries received or permanent injuries received in the actual discharge of his duty, as the case may be, in like manner as if the service herein-
before mentioned had been public service within the meaning of this Ordinance and as if such officer had peen killed or injured in the discharge of his duty under this Ordinance or under the provisions of such of the aforesaid Ordinances or Regulations as the case may be as may be applicable:
Provided that-
(a) where the beneficiaries consist of
Or
(i) his widow and her child or children,
(ii) his widow and a child or children of such widow and a child or children of his previous wife or wives, or
(ii) his widow and a child or children of his previous wife or wives,
the option shall be exercised by the widow save that if the Governor in Council is of opinion that the option exercised by the widow is less beneficial to the interests of the beneficiaries as a whole than if she had opted differently then the Governor in Council may direct that the widow shall be deemed to have exercised the option which is more beneficial as aforesaid and the pension gratuity or other award shall be payable as if she had in fact so opted;
(b) where the beneficiary is a child who is father- less and motherless the option shall be exer- cised by the legal guardian of such child or in default thereof by the legal personal repre- sentative of the deceased person in respect of whose death the pension gratuity or other award. is payable or in default of such guardian or personal representative by the official administrator.
(a) If under the provisions of the appropriate enactment applicable to the Police Reserve Force, the Special Constabulary, the Royal Hong Kong Defence Force or the Essential Services Corps a pension gratuity or other award may be granted in respect of death or injury sustained during training or instruc-