CO129-504-1 Police Pensions' Scheme- forfeiture of pensions 25-2-1927 - 24-11-1927 — Page 21

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"SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES TO MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE EMPLOYED AT HIS MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD AND

NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS AT HONG KONG.

1. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter set forth, an Inspector, Sub-Inspector, or Sergeant shall be eligible to retire on a pension on completion of 15 years' pensionable Service in the Force, provided he shall have attained the age of 45 years.

"2. For the purpose of computing pensionable Service, all Service in the said Ranks may be reckoned in full, and one-half of any previous Service in the Rank of Lance-Sergeant or Constable may also be included.

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"3. The pension of an Inspector, Sub-Inspector, or Sergeant, whose Service on retirement is equivalent to, or in excess of, 15 years, but less than 16 years, pensionable Service, may be calculated at a rate not exceeding 20/60ths of the annual Salary and Emoluments of his Office at the date of his retirement, unless he shall not have been employed in the same Rank during the 3 immediately preceding his retirement, in which case it may be calculated at a rate not exceeding 20/60ths of the average Salary and Emoluments received by him during such 3 years. In respect of each additional year of pensionable Service in excess of 15, the Pension may be increased by a sum equal to 1/60th of the annual or average Salary and Emoluments, as the case may be, but the maximum Pension awarded shall not exceed 40/60ths of the annual or average Salary and Emoluments, as the case may be.

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4. If, after the completion of 10 years or upwards, but less than 11 years, pensionable Service, an Officer of any of the said Ranks be removed from the Force on account of infirmity of mind or body, which is in no attributable to his own misconduct or default, there may be awarded to him a Pension calculated in the same manner as if he were retiring voluntarily after the completion of 15 years, except that the rate thereof shall not exceed 15/60ths of the annual or average Salary and Emoluments, as the case may be, of his Office at the date of retirement, and similarly in respect of each additional year of pensionable Service in excess of 10, the Pension may be increased by a sum equal to 1/60th of such annual or average Salary and Emoluments.

5. If, before the completion of the period of pensionable Service which would render him eligible for a Pension under the foregoing Regulations, an Officer of any of the said Ranks be removed from his Office for any cause, other than misconduct, it shall be lawful for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to award him at their discretion such sum of money by way of Gratuity as they may think proper, not exceeding, however, one-twelfth of the annual Salary and Emoluments of his Office at the date of such removal for each year of pensionable Service.

"6. Any Officer of the said Ranks pensioned on account of disability before the completion of 15 years' pensionable Service, or before the attainment of age 45, shall be liable, should such disability cease, to be called upon to re-enter

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the Service at the Rate of Salary of which he was in receipt at the date of his removal, and should he refuse to re-enter, or, having re-entered, neglect to execute his Duties satisfactorily, he shall forfeit his right to the Pension previously awarded. During such further Service payment of the Pension will be suspended, but the Service may be reckoned for increase of Pension on final retirement.

"7. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a Lance- Sergeant or Constable shall be eligible to retire on completion of 15 years' Service in the Force, provided he shall have attained the age of 45 years, and on his retirement under such conditions there may be awarded to him a sum of money by way of Gratuity not exceeding £1 0s. Od., or one week's pay, for each year of such Service.

"8. A Gratuity calculated in the same manner may also be awarded to a Lance-Sergeant or Constable, if, after the completion of 10 years' Service in the Force, he is removed from the Force on account of infirmity of mind or body which is in no measure attributable to his own misconduct or default, or if, after the completion of 7 years' Service in the Force, he is removed from the Force in consequence of the abolition of his employment, or for the purpose of facilitating improvements in the organization of the Service.

"9. Unless in exceptional circumstances no Member of the Force shall remain in the Service after attaining the age of 60 years, and any Member thereof may be called upon at any time to retire on the Pension or Gratuity, if any, for which he may be eligible by Service, if such a course be considered desirable on public grounds by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, whose decision shall be final.

"10. Any Member of the Force retiring without having previously obtained permission to do so, or being dismissed for misconduct, shall forfeit all claim to Pension or Gratuity.

"11. It shall not be lawful for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to award to any Member of the Force the full amount of Pension or Gratuity for which he may be eligible by Service, except upon production of a Certificate signed by one or more of his Superior Officers that he has served with diligence and fidelity, and to the satisfaction of such Superior Officers. They may, however, in any case in which the Certificate is not produced, or in any case in which a Member of the Force is removed therefrom either on account of inefficiency, or on account of infirmity of mind or body in some measure attributable to his own misconduct or default, award a Pension or Gratuity of such lesser amount as may appear to them, after consideration of the evidence submitted to them, to be just and appropriate, or in cases of misconduct decline to make any award.

"12. No Member of the Force shall be entitled to reckon previous Service in the Naval or Military Forces of the Crown as Service for the purpose of these Regulations.

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13. For the purpose of these Regulations the Pay, Salary, and Emoluments, of a Member of the Force shall be deemed to be the Pay, Salary, and Emolu- ments, of the confirmed Rank or Ranks which such Member may hold or have held at the date or during the period in question, and not the Pay, Salary, and Emoluments, of any superior Rank in which such Member may be acting temporarily.