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Pension may be suspended on certain post-retirement employment.

(c) in the case of a reduction in pension benefits, the amount of

reduction not exceeding 25 per cent of the pension benefits,

and such determination shall be forthwith notified in writing by the Secretary for the Civil Service to the person or officer concerned.

(5) A person or officer who is aggrieved by any determination under subsection (4) may, within 30 days of the notification to him of the determination or such longer period as the Governor may in any particular case permit, petition the Governor against the determination and the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the determination as he thinks fit.

(6) Where pension benefits are cancelled or suspended in accordance with a determination under subsection (4), the Governor may direct that all or any part of the moneys to which such person or officer would have been entitled by way of pension benefits had he not been convicted and sentenced as specified in subsection (1) or retired as specified in subsection (3) be paid to, or applied for the maintenance or benefit, in the same manner in all respects as prescribed in section 28(3), and such moneys shall be paid or applied accordingly.

(7) Where a person whose pension benefits have been cancelled or suspended, or have been reduced, in accordance with a determination under subsection (4) receives a free pardon, the pension benefits to which such person would have been entitled had he not been convicted and sentenced as specified in subsection (1) shall be restored to him with retrospective effect as from the date of cancellation, suspension or reduction; but in determining whether any arrears of such pension benefits are payable to such person and in computing the amount thereof account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under subsection (6) or, where pension benefits have been reduced, paid as reduced pension benefits.

(8) Where a person whose pension benefits have been cancelled or suspended, or have been reduced, in accordance with a determination under subsection (4) has served any sentence of imprisonment imposed on convic- tion, the Governor may direct that the pension benefits to which such person would have been entitled had he not been convicted and sentenced as specified in subsection (1) shall be restored to him as from the date on which he completes serving the sentence of imprisonment or any later date as the Governor shall specify, and the pension benefits shall be restored accordingly.

30. (1) The Governor may direct that any pension granted to a person shall be suspended as from such date as the Governor shall specify if such person has, within 2 years after his retirement and without the prior permission in writing of the Governor-

(a) entered business on his own account;

(b) become a partner in a partnership; (c) become a director of a company; or

(d) become an employee,

if the principal part of such business or the business of such partnership or company or of his employment is, in the opinion of the Governor, carried on in Hong Kong, and such direction shall be forthwith notified in writing by the Secretary for the Civil Service to the person concerned.