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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 9,
Pansion in respect of
abolition of office or injury after less than twelve
33. Where, by reason of the fact that an officer whose case falls under regulation 31 or 32 has held a pensionable office in this Colony for less than twelve consecutive months, he is not eligible for a pension under regulation 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30, as the case may be, he may, nevertheless, if at the time of his retirement he is in the service of this Colony, be Hong Kong. granted from the funds of this Colony a pension of the same amount as the additional pension or allowance allowed by regulation 31 or 32 as the case may be.
months' service in
Gratuities where length of service does not qualify for pension.
Abolition of office.
Injury.
Officers transferred
to other public
34.—(1) Where an officer who has been transferred to or from the service of this Colony from or to other public service retires from the public service in circumstances in which he is permitted by the law or regulations of the service in which he is last employed to retire on pension or gratuity. but has not completed in the aggregate the minimum period of service qualifying him for a pension, he may be granted from the funds of this Colony a gratuity not exceeding five times the annual amount of the pension which, if there had been no qualifying period, might have been granted to hira if his case had fallen under regulation 26, 27, 28, 29 or 30, as the case may be. But in calculating such annual amount no climatic addition shall be included.
(2) Where such an officer is compulsorily retired from the public service in circumstances mentioned in regulation 16, he may, if at the time he is in the service of this Colony, be granted a special gratuity equal to one-half of the gratuity which might have been granted to him if his total pensionable service had been in this Colony, together with the gratuity, if any, which may be granted to him under paragraph (1) of this regulation.
(3) Where such an officer is compulsorily retired from the public service in circumstances mentioned in regulation 17, he may, if at the time he is in the service of this Colony, be treated as if he had no other public service, but he shali not be granted in addition the gratuity for which he is eligible under paragraph (1) of this regulation.
35. Where an officer who is transferred to other public service is not granted a pension or gratuity in respect of his employment in the service in which he is last employed, solel by reason of the fact that he has not completed twelve months service therein, he shall not, on that account. be disqualified from receiving a pension or gratuity from the funds of this Employment Colony, if otherwise eligible therefor.
service and retiring after less
than twelve months'
in last
service.
Allowance in certain cases to
hospital matrons and nursing- sistors, with other service.
36. Where a European matron or a European nursing sister has been employed in other public service as a qualified nursing-sister or matron, which employment was obtained by or through the Overseas Nursing Association, and has held a pensionable office in this Colony on or at any time after the 1st day of January, 1926, as a matron or nursing-sister in a Government hospital for a period, which need not be continuous, of not less than three years, and she is not eligible for pension, gratuity or other retiring allowance under the regulations contained in Part I, but her aggregate service in this Colony and in other public service as aforesaid make up a period, which need not be continuous, of not less than fifteen years, or ten years if she is compelled by reason of ill-health, not caused by her own misconduct, to relinquish her overseas nursing career, she may, subject as hereinafter provided, on
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