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(d) if he did not hold such pensionable office on the 1st day of January, 1894, in respect of any service while under the age of eighteen years.

sion, etc.,

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7. Except as expressly provided in the Police Force No pen- Ordinance, 1900, as amended by the Police Force Amendment to members Ordinances, 1929 and 1930 and by section 21 of this of the Ordinance, no pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be Force, etc., granted under this Ordinance to any member of the Police under this Force or member of the civilian staff referred to in the said Ordinance. Ordinance.

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8. No pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be Cases in granted under this Ordinance to any officer who has retired pension, from the public service of this Colony, other than a Governor, etc., may unless he has retired-

be granted.

(a) on or after attaining the age of fifty-five years, or in the case of transfer to other public service, on or after attaining the age at which an officer is permitted by the law or regulations in force relating to the service in which he is 'ast employed to retire on pension, gratuity or other allowance; or

(b) with the consent of the Governor on or after attaining the age of fifty years; or

(c) on or after attaining the age of fifty years, with not less than fifteen years service in this Colony, if he be an Indian subordinate officer of the Prison Department, lady medical officer, lady serving in the Education Department, European attendant at a Government mental hospital, or nurse (other than a European matron or European nursing sister referred to in paragraph (d) of this section) in a Government Hospital; or

(d) on attaining the age of fifty years, if she be a European matron or European nursing sister, of a Govern- ment Hospital, who has been in the service of this Colony for a period of ten years, or, on attaining any less age if she has been in such service for a period of twenty years; or

(e) on a certificate from the head of his department and from three Government medical officers that he is incapable, by reason of some infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of his office and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent :

Provided that in the case of an officer retiring while on leave of absence, a certificate from any medical practioner authorised by the Secretary of State to make the examination shall be sufficient proof of incapacity for further service; or

(f) on abolition of his office; or

(g) upon his removal on the ground of inefficiency as provided in section 9.

9. Where an officer is removed from his office on the Retirement ground of his inability to discharge efficiently the duties for ineffi- thereof, and a pension, gratuity, or other allowance, cannot ciency,

otherwise be granted to him under this Ordinance, the Governor in Council with the approval of the Secretary of State, may, if he considers it justifiable having regard to all the circustances of the case, grant such a pension, gratuity or other allowance as he thinks just and proper, but in no case exceeding in amount that for which the officer would be eligible if he were suffering from some infirmity of mind or body likely to be permanent.