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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 332.

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LGP 28 AUG 85,

The following Regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1869, are published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th September, 1884.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council, in pursuance of Section 4 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1869, for

the granting of Police Pensions.

1. The following Regulations apply to all Inspectors, Sergeants, Sergeant Interpreters, and Cons- tables of the Police Force who may join after the promulgation of the present regulations; excepting those who have enlisted under special agreement.

2. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a Pension will be granted to any Member of the Force, who has completed fifteen years' service, at a rate not exceeding 20/60TM of the Annual pay of his rank, provided he shall have been in receipt of the same for the last three years; otherwise, the Pension shall be calculated upon the average amount of pay received by such person during the three years next preceding the commencement of such Pension. Further, for every full and complete year's service after fifteen years, an addition to the Annual Pension of 1/60th part of the average annual pay of his rank shall be made for each additional year of such service.

3. Any Member of the Force who may be invalided after serving ten complete years and under fifteen years, may (provided that such invaliding be not the consequence of intemperate or vicious habits) be granted a Pension not exceeding 15/60ths of the average Annual pay of his rank during the past three years for ten years' service, and 1/60 for each full and complete year's service after ten

years.

4. Any Member of the Force who may be invalided as aforesaid before the completion of ten years' service may be granted a Gratuity not exceeding one month's pay for each complete year's service, 5. Extra pay for acting appointments will in no case be taken into consideration in determinig the amounts of Pension or Gratuity.

6. All Pensions granted shall be payable in Hongkong or London, or in the principal towns of British India.

7. Full Pensions or Gratuities will be granted only on the Candidate's conduct having been uniformly good.

8. Should the Candidate's conduct not have been uniformly good, a modified Pension, or Gratuity will be granted. Should his conduct have been decidedly bad, no Pension or Gratuity will be paid.

9. A Commuted Payment, calculated at five times the amount of the Annual Pension, may be granted in lieu of a Pension, if the applicant will be unable to draw his Pension at any of the places before mentioned, or on the application of the Grantee, at the discretion of His Excellency The Governor. 10. If any person receiving a Pension under these Regulations should be appointed to fill any Office in any Public Department, sach Pension shall cease to be paid for any period subsequent to such appointment if the annual amount of the profits of the Office to which he shall be appointed shall be equal to those of the Office formerly held by him; and in case it shall not be equal to those of his former Office, then no more of such Pension shall be paid to him than what with the Salary of his new appointment shall be equal to the profits of his former Office.

11. A Pension is granted only on the condition that it becomes forfeited, and may be withdrawn

by His Excellency the Governor, in any of the following cases:--

(a.) On the conviction of the Grantee for any indictable Offence.

(b.) On his knowingly associating with thieves or suspected persons.

(c.) On his refusing to give information and assistance to the Police whenever in his power, for the detection and apprehension of Criminals, and for the suppression of any disturbance of the public peace.

(d.) If he enter into or continue to carry on any business, occupation, or employment which shall be, in the opinion of His Excellency the Governor, disgraceful itself or injurious to the Public, or in which he shall make use of the fact of his former employment in the Police in a manner which His Excellency the Governor considers to be discreditable and improper.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 11th January, 1884.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

Pensions paid in London will be at the rate of 4/2 the dollar, and those paid in India at the rate of 227 Rupees per $100.