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(iii) his spouse and one or more children

a previous spouse or spouses,

the option shall be exercised by the spouse save

that if the Director of Accounting Services is of

opinion that the option exercised by the spouse

is less beneficial to the interests of the

beneficiaries as a whole than if the spouse had

opted differently the Director of Accounting

Services may direct that the spouse shall be

deemed to have exercised the option which is more

beneficial as aforesaid and the pension, gratuity

or other award shall be payable as if the spouse

had in fact so opted;

where the beneficiary of a deceased officer is a

child who is fatherless and motherless, the

option shall be exercised by the legal guardian

of such child or in default thereof by the legal

personal representative of the deceased officer

in respect of whose death the pension, gratuity

or other award is payable or in default of such

guardian or legal personal representative by the

Director of Accounting Services.

(3)

If under the appropriate Ordinance applicable to

the Royal Hong Kong Regiment, the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary

Police Force, the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force or