CO129-558-4 Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance 1936 24-4-1936 - 17-7-1936 — Page 19

HONG KONG.

No. 17 of 1936.

I assent.

L.S.

A. CALDECOTT,

Governor.

24th April, 1936.

An Ordinance to make provision for a levy on the salaries of

public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service.

[24th April, 1936.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Hong Kong Short title. Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1936.

2. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 6 and with effect on and from the 1st January, 1936, and in order to reduce expenditure, there shall be a temporary levy, imposed by way of deduction at source, on the salaries of all public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service which are expressed in terms of sterling and which exceed £240 per

annum.

(2) On all such salaries there shall be deducted 24% on the first £240, 5% on the next £360, 74% on the next £400, 10% on the next £400 and 12% on the remaining portion of the salary above £1,400 per annum : Provided always that the levy as distinct from the special rate of conversion mentioned in sub-section (4), shall not operate so as to reduce the annual salary of any such officer below £240.

(3) Widows' and Orphans' Pension Contributions of the said officers under the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordin- ance, 1908, and the Ordinances amending the same, shall be calculated on the full sterling salary and converted into dollars at the prevailing monthly Treasury rate.

(4) After deduction of the levy, if any, and of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Contribution, if any, or of either, the remainder of the salaries of all public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service which are expressed in terms of sterling, whatever their amount, shall be converted at the rate of one shilling and sixpence to the dollar for the months of January, February and March, 1936, and for subsequent months at such rates as the Legislative Council shall by resolution from time to time direct.

Levy on salaries sterling exceeding

£240 per

annum.

Ordinances Nos. 15 of 1928, 9 of 1929, and

1908 13 of

2 of 1931.

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