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(b) without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (4), an adopted child who, by virtue of sub- section (2), is deemed to be a child of an officer; and

(c) without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (4), a legitimated child who, by virtue of sub- section (3), is deemed to be a child born of the marriage between an officer and his wife;";

(6) by renumbering it as subsection (1) thereof, and (c) by inserting the following new subsections→→

(Cap. 290.)

"(2) Where an infant is or has been adopted under and in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Ordinance, or in such other manner as is referred to in section 17 thereof, by a person---

(a) who at the time of such adoption is or was a contributor making con- tributions under this Ordinance or who subsequently became or becomes a contributor making con- tributions under this Ordinance; and

(b) who is or was married at the time of such adoption without thep having any child of such marriage, such infant, if be is the first or second infant To be or to have been adopted as aforesaid by such person, but no other adopted child, shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be a child of such man by the wife to whom he is or was married at the time of such adoption and, accordingly, shall be deemed to be a child born of that marriage and to be the issue of the marriage.

(3) A child who shall have been legiti- mated by marriage according to the law of the country of the father's domicile at the date of marriage shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be a child born

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of that marriage and, accordingly, shall be deemed to be the issue of that marriage.

(4) Nothing in subsection (2) or (3) shall entitle an adopted child or a legiti mated child to be paid a pension or a share in any pension where the payment to him of such pension or share would diminish the pension or share of any pension immediately payable or being paid at the date of enact- ment of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1967 to the widow or to any child or children of the officer concerned,

(5) The child of an officer who is or has been adopted by any other person under and in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Ordinance, or in such other manner as is referred to in section 17 thereof,-

(a) in the lifetime of the officer, or while a pension is or was then being paid under this Ordinance to the mother of that child, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Ordinance, to have died at the date of the adoption unless, at the date of enactment of the Widows and (Amendment) Orphans Pension

(No. 2) Ordinance 1967, such child was being paid a pension or a share of a pension under this Ordinance, in which case such child shall con- tinue to be paid such pension or such share:

(6) after the death of the officer sball, if he is being paid a pension or a share of a pension under this Ordinance. continue to be paid such pension or such share.".

3. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended in sub- section (1)-

(a) by deleting the full stop at the end thereof and sub-

stituting a colon; and

Amendment of section 4.