Addition
of new section 304.
6. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 30, of the following new section--
"Limit of compulsory contribution for all officers
30A. (1) When, after the commencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963, an officer first becomes liable to contribute at a rate in excess of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem, he may by notice in writing to the Accountant General elect---
(a) to contribute at the rate of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per mensem; or
(b) to contribute at the rate provided by section 8. (2) Where, prior to the commencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963, an officer has become liable to contribute at a rate in excess of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem, he may by notice in writing to the Accountant General elect-
(a) to contribute al the rate of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per mensem; or (b) to contribute at the rate at which he was con- tributing immediately prior to the 1st day of July, 1959, where such amount was not less than one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem; of (c) to contribute at the rate provided by section 8. (3) For the purpose of subsection (1), unless within three months after the date when he first became liable to contribute more than one bundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem, or such longer period as the directors may in any particular case allow, an officer has made his election, he shall be deemed to have elected to contribute at the rate provided by section 8.
(4) For the purposes of subsection
(a) unless within three months after the commence- ment of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963, or such longer period as the directors may in any particular case allow, an officer has made his election, he shall be deemed to have elected to contribule-
(i) in the case of an officer who is in the public service at the commencement of the aforesaid Ordinance, at the rate provided by section 8; and
(ii) in the case of an officer who has left the public service at the commencement of the afore- said Ordinance, at the rate at which he was con- tributing immediately prior to leaving the public service;
(b) any election shall take effect from the ist day of July, 1959, or the date on which the officer first became liable to contribute more than one bundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem, whichever is the later.
(5) Where, under the provisions of this section. 8.0 officer has elected to contribute at the rate provided by section 8, he may at any time, by notice in writing to the Accountant General, elect to contribute at the rate at which he was contributing at the date of such notice.
(6) Save as provided in subsection (5), an election made under this section shall be irrevocable.".
7. ( Regulation 3 of the Widows and Orphans Pension Amendment (Application) Regulations, 1952, is amended-
of Widows and Orphans
(Application) Regulations,
1957.
(G.N.A. 192/52).
(a) by the deletion from the first proviso of the words "three Pension
thousand two hundred and forty" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"four thousand four hundred and forty": and
(b) by the insertion after the first proviso of the following new
proviso-
"Provided also that this regulation shall not apply to any person in any of the following posts, that is to say, police constable, constable Hawker Control Force, fire- man, fireman Class II, warder, detective district watch- man, district watchman, and assistant revenue officer: (2) The amendment to these regulations made by this section shall be deemed to have had effect from the 1st day of July, 1959.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of May, 1963, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat PR4388/48UI)
CRUSHER.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.