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Council at any time that the mother is adequately provided with other means of support, such pension shall cease as from such date as the Governor in Council may determine; and

(C) a pension granted to a child under this regulation shall cease in the case of a male at the age of 18 years and in the case of a female on marriage or at the age of 21 years.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation-

(a) where a member contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is precluded from being married to another person at the same time, "Wife" shall mean the woman to whom such member is lawfully married; (b) where a member contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is or becomes lawfully married to more than one woman at the same time, "wife" shall mean the woman to whom such member first married: Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a pension under this regulation ceasing to be so eligible and at the time of such cessation the member was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the member shall be deemed for the purposes of this regulation to have become a widower at the time of such cessation aforesaid and simultane- ously to have married the woman who at such time was his wife and whom he married first after his marriage the wife who has ceased to be eligible as aforesaid; (c) where a member contracts a lawful Chinese customary marriage "wife" shall mean the Kit Fat or Tin Fong wife;

(d) "widow" shall mean the woman who is the wife of a

member at the time of his death;

(e) “child” shall mean-

(i) the child of a member borne by a woman who is the wife of such member at the time of the birch; and (ii) a person wholly or mainly dependant upon the deceased member for support, adopted as a child by such member before the date of injury in a manner recognized by the Governor.

Explanatory Note.

Section 24 of the Police Force Ordinance (which section was repealed by section 8 of Ordinance 29 of 1950) provided for the employment of persons temporarily as special constables. Provision is also made by regulation 100 of the Emergency (Principal) Regulations, 1949, for the enrolment of special constables.

2 Provision has not, however, been further made for the formal constitution of a special constabulary nor has legislative authority been afforded for the government of the force or for allocation of ranks "within its membership, or for specific provision for pay and allowances to members while called out for active service,

3. Those regulations are designed to meet the requirements above described and also provide (as in the Schedule to the Regulations) for penalon or gratuity consequent on the death or injury of a member while on active service with the Special Constabulary,

4. The regulations (regulation 5) provide that as from the date of order of authorization made by the Governor under regulation 3, all perĘons serving as special constables under the provisions of the Police Force Ordinance, 1948, shall be deemed to have been recruited into and become members of the Special Constabulary for the purposes of the regulations.

Clerk of Councils.

Council CHAMBER,

12th December, 1950.