Amendment of section 6.
Amendment of section 8.
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Administration, the East African Community, the East African Harbours Corporation, the East African Posts and Telecommunications Corporation or the East African Railways Corporation;";
(5) deleting paragraph (f) and substituting the following-
"(f) service as the bolder of the office of President. Vice- President, Justice of Appeal, Registrar, officer or ser- vant of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa or the Court of Appeal for East Africa:"; and
(c) inserting, after paragraph (g), the following new para-
graph-
"(h) pensionable service with the Post Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;".
3. Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following---
(a) in the case of a judge-
() on or after attaining the age of 55 years; or (ii) on or after attaining the age of 45 years when such retirement is with the approval of the Secretary of State:
(a) in the case of an officer other than a judge, on or after attaining the normal age of retirement, as pro› vided in section 8, or the age of 45 years when such retirement is with the approval of the Governor and. if such officer was appointed with the approval of the Secretary of State and has not attained the normal age of retirement, when such retirement is with the approval of the Governor and Secretary of State:".
4. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-
"(1) The normal age of retirement of an officer, other than a judge, holding a pensionable office shall be on attaining the age of 55 years:
Provided that—
(4) the Governor may approve any such officer's continued service after attaining
such age:
(b) a female officer who held a pensionable office on the 1st day of April 1957, may elect to retire on attaining the age of 50
years by giving to the Governor notice in writing of such election on or before attain- ing the age of 49 years and such election shall be irrevocable.":
(b) inserting in subsection (2), after "require an officer", a
comma and the following-
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"other than a judge,”.
Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Pensions, elc. may cease on
accepting certain em- ployments.
6.
16. (1) The Governor may direct that any pen- sion or allowance paid to any person under this Ordin- ance, otherwise than under section 18, shall cease if such person has, without the prior permission in writ- ing of the Governor
(a) entered business on his own account; (b) become a partner in a partnership; (c) become a director of a company; or (d) become an employee,
if the principal part of such business or of the business of such partnership or company or of his employment is, in the opinion of the Governor, carried on in the Colony.
(2) The Governor may, if he is satisfied that a person has ceased to be engaged in any of the capaci- ties referred to in subsection (1), direct that any pen- sion or allowance previously payable to such person be restored, either with retrospective effect or from such date as he may specify."
Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting paragraph (1) and sub-
stituting the following-
"(D) if the deceased officer dies after the 31st day of March 1965 leaving a widow, a pension to her, while she remains unmarried and of good character, at a rate not exceeding one-sixth of the officer's annual pensionable emoluments at the date of the injury or one thousand six hundred and eight dollars a year, whichever is the greater:
Provided that the Governor may, in his discretion, grant a pension at a rate not exceed- ing one-fourth of such emoluments:":
Repeal and replacement of section 16.
Amendment of section 18.
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