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Amendment of section 12.
Amendment of section 13.
Amendment of section 18.
Addition of
new section 19A.
require an officer, other than a judge, holding a pensionable office to retire from the service of the Colony at any time after he attains the age of 45 years.".
3. Section 12(b) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "wife" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-
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**spouse".
Section 13(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "wife, child or children of bis" and substituting the following-
"spouse, child or children of such person".
5. (1) Section 18(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in sub-paragraph (i) by deleting “a widow, a pension to her, whilst she remains unmarried and of good character" and substituting the following
"a surviving spouse. pension to the spouse, whilst be remains unmarried and of good character";
(b) in sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) by deleting "widow" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-
"surviving spouse".
(2) Section 18(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting paragraph (d) and substituting the following- "(d) "surviving spouse" means the person who is the husband or wife of the officer at the time of her or his death;":
(b) in paragraph (e) by deleting sub-paragraph (i) and sub-
stituting the following-
"(D) any child of a female officer and, in the case of a child of a male officer, the child born by a woman who is the wife or widow of the officer at the time of the birth; and”.
6. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after sec- tion 19 the following new section-
"Husband
19A. No benefit shall accrue to a husband under entitled only sections 13(3) and 18(1)(i), nor shall he be entitled if dependent.
to exercise the option conferred by section 19 unless satisfactory evidence is produced to show that he was wholly or mainly dependent upon his wife for support
by reason of his infirmity of mind or body, illness or old age.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 30th day of August, 1972.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.