CO129-562-5 Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance 1937 8-1-1937 - 11-1-1937 — Page 5

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Levy on dollar

salaries exceeding $240 per

ARDUM.

Levy to be applied to

net salaries

after

deduction

of Widows'

and

Orphans'

(5) 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 of the Hong Kong Government Service which are expressed in terms of sterling, whatever the amount, shall be converted, if paid in the Colony, at the prevailing monthly Treasury rate if such rate exceeds one shilling and three pence to the dollar; but if such rate does not exceed one shilling and three pence to the dollar then it shall be converted at the rate of one shilling and three pence to the dollar or sixteen dollars to the pound sterling: Provided that the salaries of officers absent from the Colony on leave for a period exceeding three months or absent from the Colony on duty for any period shall, if paid in the Colony, be paid at the prevailing monthly Treasury rate.

3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of section 6 and with effect on and from the 1st January, 1937, 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 dollars and which exceed $240 per

annum.

(2) On all such salaries, in respect of the months of January to June inclusive, there shall be deducted 2% on the first $1,000, 4% on the next $1,500, 7% on the next $2,500, and 9% on the remaining portion of the salary above $5,000 per annum Provided always that the levy shall not operate so as to reduce the annual salary of any such officer below $240.

(3) On all such salaries, in respect of the months of July to December, inclusive, 1937, the Legislative Council by resolution may continue, reduce or abandon the percentage deductions specified in sub-section (2).

4. Every levy, whether in respect of a sterling salary or of a dollar salary, shall be applied to the net salary after the deduction of the contributions, if any, payable under the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, and the Ordinances amending the same.

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exception of those officers who but for the said Works would be employed in some other work in the Hong Kong Govern- ment Service, shall be wholly exempted from the operation of sections 2 and 3.

(3) The salary of the Temporary Gymnastic Instructor shall be wholly exempted from the operation of sections 2 and 3 with respect to the present holder of the office.

rights of

7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to recognise Saving of any rights whatsoever against the Crown or be deemed to

Crown. *.f. imply that the holding of any appointment or the payment of Colonial

Regulations salary constitutes a contract between the Crown and any of 20 and 21 its servants or that any public office is held otherwise than and H.K. during His Majesty's pleasure.

General

Orders 1 and 2.

8. The Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Repeal of Salaries) Ordinance, 1936, is repealed.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this

6th day of January, 1937.

T. MEGARRY,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

Ordinance No. 17 of 1936.

Pension

Contribu

tions.

This

Ordinance

to apply to

salaries for

the year 1937 only unless

otherwise provided by Ordinance.

Power of legislature to grant exemptions by resolu. tion, and special

exemptions.

5. This Ordinance shall be deemed to have been in force

as and from the 1st January, 1937, and it shall continue in force until the 31st December, 1937, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.

6.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council to exempt either wholly or partially from the operation of sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, any officer or any class or description of officer. Any such resolution, if so expressed, may be retrospective in operation.

(2) The salaries of all public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service who are employed on the construction of the Dam and Reservoir Works at Shing Mun, with the

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