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permission of Governor.
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retainable with special permission.
(2) A Crown servant may not solicit or accept any gift or loan of money, whether in the form of cash, cheque or banker's draft, except the following, which are permitted—
(e) & gift or loan of money by a relation;
(6) a loan of money in the way of business by a bank, firm or person, the normal business of which or whom includes the lending of money;
(c) a loan of money not exceeding, or loans of money which in total do not exceed, $500 or ten per cehr of the current monthly salary of the Crown servant, whichever is the greater;
(d) a gift of money given on an occasion such as the Crown servant's birthday, wedding, wedding anniversary or baptism or at Christmas or Lunar New Year, so long as the total amount of the gifts from any one person on any one occasion does not exceed $500, if the donor is a close personal friend of the Crown servant, or $100 in any other case;
(e) a gift allowance, advance, or loan of money made or given out of any Government staff welfare fund or by the Government under any Establishment Regulation,
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a gift of money on retirement which the Crown servant has been permitted to accept under E.R. 496.
8. For the purposes of section 3 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, the special permission of the Governor shall be deemed to have been given to u Crown servant in respect of any advantage, for the acceptance of which the permission of the Establishment Secretary or, as the case may be. Crown servant's Head of Department has been obtained under regulation 9 or 10 of these regulations.
9. (1) This regulation deals with gifts, including gifts of money, and loans of money in respect of which no general per- mission is granted under regulation 5.
(2) If a Crown servant wishes to accept any gift or loan of money which he is not permitted to accept by virtue of regulation 5. he must, as soon as is reasonably possible after being offered or presented with the gift or loan of money, seek the permission of the Establishment Secretary, in the case of a gift offered or presented in connexion with the launching of a ship, or his Head of Department, in any other case, to accept the gift or loan of money, and, may in the meantime retain the gift or loan of money in his possession.
(3) The Establishment Secretary or, as the case may be, the Head of Department may, if his permission to accept a gift or loan of money is sought under paragraph (2)—
(a) permit the Crown servant to accept the gift or loan of money, either unconditionally or subject to such condi- Lions as the Establishment Secretary or, as the case may be, the Head of Department may specify:
(b) require him to return it to the donor or lender;
(c) require the gift to be handed to a charitable organization nominated by the Crown servant and approved by the Establishment Secretary or the Head of Department, as the case may be:
(d) require him to dispose of the gift in such other manner as the Establishment Secretary or the Head of Depart- ment, as the case may be, may direct.
(4) A Crown servant may, if he has complied with paragraph (2), retain the gift or loan of money in his possession until the decision under paragraph (3) has been notified to him.
10. (1) This regulation deals with the provision of air, sea and overland passages for Crown servants and not with any other kind of advantage.
(2) A Crown servant may not, without the permission of the Establishment Secretary, solicit or accept any free air, sea or over- land passage (other than a passage provided in accordance with Establishment Regulations) or any air, sea or overland passage for which the Crown servant pays a fare which is more than fifteen per cent less than the standard fare payable by other passengers.
11. (1) These regulations do not deal with entertainment, the acceptance of which by a Crown servant is dealt with in Establish- ment Regulations.
(2) The acceptance by a Crown servant of entertainment does not constitute the acceptance of an "advantage" as defined in section 2 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, but may be the subject of disciplinary proceedings.
(3) "Entertainment" is defined in section 2 of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance as meaning "the provision of food or drink, for consumption on the occasion when it is provided, and
Special permission for passages.
Entertainment.