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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZEITE, OCTOBER 20, 1933.

No. 688.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 37 of 1932. (POLICE FORCE).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 (1) of the Police Force Ordinance, 1932, the Governor in Council makes the following regulations :---

Police Pensions Regulations.

1. These regulations are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Police Force Ordinance, 1932, and shall apply to all members of the Police Force not excluded from such application by the said Ordinance.

2. In these regulations

"Officer" means a member of the Police Force to whom these regulations apply.

"Pensioner" means a person who, having ceased to serve as an officer is or except for forfeiture would be in receipt of a pension, or a periodical or deferred gratuity or allowance, under these regulations.

3. These regulations shall apply to all pensions granted on or after the 1st day of January, 1933.

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4. The following Parts of these regulations have applica- tion as follows:-

and

Part I applies generally to all officers;

Part II applies to officers of the European Contingent only; Part III applies to officers of the Asiatic Contingents only;

Part IV applies to the Russian Contingent only.

PART I.

General Regulations.

5. No officer shall have an absolute right to compensation Pension, for past services or to any pension, gratuity or other allowance &c., not under these regulations, nor shall anything in these regulations

of right. contained limit the right of the Crown or the Government to dismiss any officer without compensation.

6. Except as provided in regulation 13, no pension, Cases in gratuity or other allowance shall be granted under these re- which gulations to any officer who has retired from the Police Force etc., may

pension, unless he has retired--

be granted.

(a) on or after attaining the age of forty-five years and completing fifteen years service; or

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