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THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION

ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 94).

REGULATIONS BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL,

In exercise of the power conferred by section 3 of the Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations--

1.

These regulations may be cited as the Widows and Short title. Orphans Pension (Application) Regulations, 1952.

2. In these regulations-

"agreement officer" means an officer who was or is in the public service by virtue of such an agreement as is mentioned in paragraph (e) of regulation 3;

"holder of a pensionable office" means a person who is serving in a pensionable office having been confirmed to the permanent establishment therein;

''material date" means the date when these regulations come into

operation;

"pensionable office" has the meaning assigned by paragraph (a)

Inter- pretation.

of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Pensions Ordinance; and (Cap. 89). "salary" does not include expatriation pay or cost of living or

other allowance.

31 As from the material date the term Ordinance shall apply to the following-

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officer" in the Categoriea

of personS to whom the term

(a) the Governor if he was a contributor under the Ordinance officer"

immediately before his appointment as Governor;

(6) the Governor's private secretaries and aides-de-camp it they were contributors under the Ordinance iminediately before they held these positions or if they are also the holders of pensionable offices entitling them to contribute;

(c) every male holder of a pensionable office;

(d) every male person serving on probation in a pensionable

office; and

applies.