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also that persons who have attained the age of forty-nine years, if not contributors before they attained that age, shall not be eligible to be contributors.

3. Section 3A of the Widows' and Orphans' Pen- Amendment sion Ordinance, 1908, as enacted by section 4 of the of Ordinance Widows' and Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, No. 15 of

1908, s. 3A. 1929, is amended by the addition after the words Ordinance approved scheme at the end of sub-section (1) No. 9 of

(

thereof of the following words :

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"; or if he has completed his contributions to an approved scheme”

1929.

4-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the

Temporary said section 3A a claim to exemption under that section provisions. as amended by this Ordinance may be made within three months after the commencement of this Ordi- nance and if such claim is made any contributions made to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme of the Colony of Hong Kong shall be refunded.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 (1) (a) of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordi- nance, 1908, as amended by this Ordinance, every person, whose salary did not suffer abatement before the first day of January, 1930, and has suffered abate- ment since that date, by reason of his receipt of a salary of not less than four hundred and twenty dollars per annum but less than four hundred and eighty dollas per annum, shall receive a refund of his contri- butions, unless he claims the right to participate as a contributor within three months after the commence- ment of this Ordinance.

5. The following deletions are made in the Widows' Deletion of and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.

references to the Widows' and Orphans'

(i) the words "the transfer to the Government Pension

of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund Fund. and of the management and control of" from the long title:

(ii) the preamble ;

(ii) paragraph (b) of section 2;

(iv) the words "to the Fund" at the end of

section 3 (1);

(e) the words "to the Fund" in line 3 and in

line 7 of section 3 (3);

(vi) the words "to the Fund" at the end of

section 3 (4);

(vii) the words “to the Fund" in the first line of

section 29.

Objects and Reasons.

In view of the recent revision of salaries it has been considered desirable that the minimum annual salary rendering an officer liable or eligible for contribution to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme should be raised from four hundred and twenty to four hun- dred and eighty dollars, without prejudice to contri- butors prior to the revision whose revised salary has not reached the latter amount. Officers who are con- tributing to another approved scheme can claim exemp- tion under section 3A of the principal Ordinance (No.