Repeal and replace- ment of section 17.
(c) by the insertion after the definition "Commanding Officer" of
the following-
"day" means a period of twenty-four consecutive hours
counted from midnight to midnight;":
(d) by the deletion from the definition "emergency" of the words
"in council":
(e) by the deletion of the definition "instruction" and the sub-
stitution therefor of the following-
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"“instruction” means any period of duty, not being active service and not exceeding six hours in duration, performed at such time and at such place as ordered by the Com- mandant or Commanding Officer:": 1.
(f) by the deletion from "the definition “instruction allowance” of the brackets and figure "(2)" and the substitution therefor of the following-
**(1); and
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(g) by the deletion of the definition "training", and the substitution
therefor of the following-
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"training" means dury, not being active service, which exceeds six hours in duration in any one day and is performed at such time and place as ordered by the Com- mandant or Commanding Officer:"".
3. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Pay and allowances.
17. (1) Every officer and member shall be entitled, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of regulations made under section 15, to receive—
(d) when on active service, full pay and allowances appropriate to his rank and unit at the rate in accordance with the Force Pay and Pensions Code as at the date of such service;
(6) when under training, full pay and allowances appropriate to his rank and unit at the rate in accordance with the Force Pay and Pensions Code as at 31st December, 1955;
(c) when under instruction, an instruction allowance;
and
(d) at the end of each year,
bounty.
(2) An officer or member who is called out on active service, but not under training and who is eligible to receive any pay or emoluments (other than by virtue of the
(Cap. 99).
4.
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Pensions Ordinance), in respect of his services as a public servant shall receive only such amount by which his pay or allowances under this section exceed the pay or emolu- ments to which he is entitled and which he receives in respect of his services as a public servant.".
Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment insertion, after subsection (2) of the following-
"(2A) Any pension payable in accordance with the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Force Pay and Pensions Code as at the date of the service in respect of which the pension is payable, irre- spective of whether the officer, at such time,, was under training, under instruction or on active service.”,
of section 18,
S. Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment Insertion in subsection (1) after the figures "17" of the following- of section 19,
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subject to subsection (2) of that section".
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 18th day of January, 1961.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat CR7/1486/5911)