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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 24, 1932.

Regula- tions.

Pensions, etc., to be charged on revenue and assets of

the

Colony.

Pensions,

etc. not of right.

Certificate

of conduct.

Withholding or reduction of pension,

etc.

Service not Qualifying

for pension, etc.

(ii) in respect of other public service, emoluments which count for pension in accordance with the law or regulations in force in such service.

(d) "Public service" means service in a civil capacity under the Government of this Colony or the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or the Government of India or of any British Dominion, Colony or Protectorate or a territory under a British Mandate, or under the Board of Education for England and Wales, or the Crown Agents for the Colonies, or the Colonial Audit Department (Home Establishment), or the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbour Administration, and any such other service as the Secretary of State may determine to be "public service" for the purpose of any provision of this Ordinance or of the regulations made thereunder.

Service as a Governor or High Commissioner of a British Dominion, Colony or Protectorate, or a territory under a British Mandate, or as a Governor in India shall be deemed to be public service except for the purposes of computation of pension or gratuity and of section 11 of this Ordinance;

(e) "Other public service" means public service not under the Government of this Colony.

3.--(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council with the sanction of the Secretary of State to make regulations for the granting of pensions, gratuities and other allowances to persons who have been in the public service of this Colony

(2) Every such regulation shall be laid before the Legislative Council and shall be published in the Gazette.

4. There shall be charged on and paid out of the General revenue and assets of the Colony all such sums of money as may from time to time be granted by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance.

5.-(1) No officer shall have an absolute right to com- pensation for past services or to any pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance, nor shall anything in this Ordinance contained limit the right of the Crown or the Government to dismiss any officer without compensation.

(2) No officer shall be granted a pension, gratuity_or other allowance without a certificate to the effect that he has discharged the duties of his office with such diligence and fidelity as to justify the grant to him of such pension, gratuity or other allowance. The certificate shall be given by the Governor in the case of the Colonial Secretary or a judge, by the Colonial Secretary in the case of any other head of a department, and by the head of the officer's department in other cases.

(3) Where it is established to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council that an officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct, the pension, gratuity or other allowance may be reduced or altogether withheld.

6. No pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted under this Ordinance to any officer-

(a) in respect of any service in any of the following capacities, namely, Private Secretary or Aide-de-Camp to the Governor, Private Secretary or clerk to a judge, unless in the permanent public service of this Colony, apprentice in a public department, volunteer, normal student, student in training or pupil teacher, or