CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 142

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BILL

entitled

An Ordinance to amend the Widows' and Orphans' Ponsion Ordi-

-nance, 1908.

Be it enacted etc.

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hort title and

onstruction.

mends section 7

the Principal

rdinance.

Right of public

fficer retiring and electing to Contribute on former dollar Balary.

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1. This Ordinance may be cited als4"My Widows' and

Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, 1910", and shall

be road as one with the Widows' and Orphans' Pension

Ordinance, 1908, hereinafter called "The Principal

Ordinance" and with the Widows' and Orphans' Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1909.

2.

Section 7 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby

amended by the insertion at the end of sub-section (1)

of the following further Proviso:-

3.

"Provided further that in the case of an

Officer holding a post the salary of which

13 on a dollar basis the abatement shall be

made in dollars at four per centum of his

nominal salary and if such officer is in

receipt of exchange compensation allowance

such exchange compensation allowance shall

be calculated upon such nominal dollar

salary before the abatement at four per

centum as aforesaid has been made."

The following section is hereby inserted after

section 10 of the Frincipal Ordinance:-

*10 (a). In the case of a public officer retiring

from the public service whose pension is

paid on a dollar basis and who elects to

contribute on the basis of his former

dollar salary such pension shall be reduced

by the amount of the abatement at four per

contum of his former dollar salary and the

balance