CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 504

Enclosure 1.

(Old Clause 13.)

No. 13.

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1. In case of the abolition of the office of an officer who is borne on the Fixed Establishment of the Colony, a temporary pension may be granted to the officer whose office is abolished, on the condition that he shall hold himself ready to be recalled to service, and with the understanding that he will be re-employed as opportunity offers in preference to new applicants for office.

2. If the officer whose office is abolished is not qualified for other employment, or if there is no reason in the opinion of the Governor to expect that he can be shortly re-employed, a pension may be granted to him free from the conditions as to re-employment mentioned in this clause.

3. In the case of an officer whose office is abolished his pension shall be at the rate of the number of Beven- hundred-and-twentieths of his salary exceeding the number

of the completed months of his service by the number follow- ing (that is to say):-

(a) In the case of an officer who has served twenty

years...

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(b) In the case of an officer who has served less

than twenty years but not less than fifteen

years....

(c) In the case of an officer who has served less

than fifteen years but not less than ten years. (d) In the case of an officer who has served less

than ten years, but not less than five years... (e) In the case of an officer who has served less

than five years..

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