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Pension etc., not to be assignable.

l'ension etc., to

cease on

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(4) For the purposes of the preceding sub-sections, au allowance granted in respect of injury shall not be taken into account; but where the officer is granted such an allowance the amount of such allowance which he may draw shall not exceed one-sixth of his highest pensionable emoluments at any time in the course of his public service by more than the sum by which the amount of his pension or pensions, apart from such allowance, falls short of two-thirds of such highest pensionable emoluments.

12. No pension, gratuity or other allowance granted under this Ordinance shall be assignable or transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever other than a debt due to the Government.

13. If any officer to whom a pension or other allowance has been granted under this Ordinance is adjudicated a bankruptcy. bankrupt or is declared insolvent by judgment of the Court,

then such pension or allowance shall forthwith cease:

Pension etc., to cease on conviction.

Provided always that in any case where a pension or allowance ceases by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the pensioner it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State, or where such adjudication of bankruptcy or declaration of insolvency was made in this Colony, the Governor in Council, from time to time during the remainder of such pensioner's life, or during such shorter period or periods, either continuous or discontinuous, as he shall think fit, to cause all or any part of the monies to which such pensioner would have been entitled by way of pension or allowance, had he not become a bankrupt or insolvent, to be paid to, or applied for the main tenance and personal support or benefit of all or any, to the exclusion of the other or others of the following persons, namely, such pensioner and any wife, child or children of his, in such proportions and manner as the Secretary of State or the Governor in Council, as the case may be, thinks proper; and such monies shall be paid or applied accordingly.

14. (1) If any person to whom a pension or other allowance has been granted under this Ordinance is convicted before any Court of competent jurisdiction whether in the Colony or elsewhere, of any crime or offence for which he is sentenced to death or penal servitude or transportation or any term of imprisonment, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State or, if such conviction is had in this Colony, the Governor in Council to direct that such pension or allowance shali forthwith cease, and thereupon such pension or allowance shall cease accordingly.

(2) If any person whose pension or allowance has ceased under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall at any time receive a full pardon in respect of the crime or offence of which he was convicted, his pension or allowance shall be restored with retrospective effect.

(3) Where any pension or allowance has ceased under the provisions of sub-section (1) it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State or, if the conviction of the pensioner was had in this Colony, the Governor in Council to cause all or any part of the monies which would have been payable to the pensioner by way of pension or allowance to be paid to or applied for the maintenance and personal support or benefit of any wife, child or children of the pensioner and, after the expiration of his sentence, for the benefit of the pensioner: himself, in such proportions and manner as the Secretary of State or the Governor in Council, as the case may be, thinks proper.

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