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CHAPTER XVIII.
Special Rules as to Leave of Absence and Pass- ages for Officers of the Colonies and Protectorates in West Africa.
424.—(a) Subject to the necessities of the Service, European officers, that is to say, officers who were not themselves born in West Africa, and neither of whose parents was born there, may, after every tour of 12 consecutive months of residential service, be granted vacation leave with full pay, for two calendar months plus the time necessarily taken on the journey to Eng- land; and, if specially detained by the Governor or High Commissioner on public grounds after the completion of a tour of service, they may be granted vacation leave for ten days more with full pay in respect of each calendar month that they may have been detained, but no additional leave will be granted in respect of any fraction of a month.
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(b) In the case of officers who are returning to West Africa, there may be added to their vacation leave a further period of leave with full pay, known as
return leave," for two calendar months plus the time necessarily taken on the journey from England. Officers to whom return leave is granted will be required to sign an agreement to the effect that, in the event of their failing to return to the Colony or Protectorate they will, if called upon to do so, refund the amount of any pay drawn in respect of such leave.
(e) No extension of vacation leave will be granted with full pay, but, in exceptional cir- cumstances, such as continued ill-health, officers who are not returning may be granted an exten- sion of leave with half pay, at the discretion of
the Secretary of State.
(d) Return leave may be extended with half pay on the ground of ill-health for any period not exceeding three calendar months; or with full pay if the officer is detained in England by the Secretary of State on public grounds.
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