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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 12, 1934.

No. 761

Application

of Pension

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 21 of 1932. (PENSIONS).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 (1) of the Pensions Ordinance, 1932, as enacted by the Pensions Amendment Ordinance, 1934, and with the sanction of the Secretary of State, the Governor in Council amends Pension Regulations A and Pension Regulations B, set forth respectively in Government Notifications Nos. 774 and 775, published in the Gazette of the 9th December, 1932, as appears hereunder, and makes the Pension Regulations C hereunder set forth.

Amendments.

In Pension Regulations A.-

1. Regulation No. 1 is rescinded and the following re- gulation is substituted therefor :—

1.-(1) These Regulations, which may be cited as Pension Regulations Regulations A, shall be subject in all respects to the provisions

of the Pensions Ordinance, 1932, and shall apply

A.

(a) to all officers who at the commencement of the said Ordinance were in the service of this Colony, or in other public service following transfer from the service of this Colony, and were confirmed as permanent officers in the service as aforesaid in which they then were, and who shall not have elected, by written notification addressed to and received by either the Colonial Secretary in this Colony or the Crown Agents for the Colonies, on or before the thirtieth day of June, 1933, or in special cases approved by the Governor, on or before some later date determined by him in and for each such case, to be bound by Pension Regulations B instead of by these Regula- tions; and

(b) to any officer who was in the service of this Colony at the commencement of the said Ordinance to whom, not- withstanding the date of his confirmation to the permanent establishment, the Governor may grant special permission for their application.

(2) Any election made by an officer in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation shall be irrevocable.

(3) These Regulations do not apply to non-pensionable officers and offices.

2. The following paragraph is added to regulation No. 4:-

(f) any period during which an officer shall have served in the Police Force of this Colony without having earned a police pension in respect thereof, immediately preceding ser- vice in a pensionable office or service in a non-pensionable office immediately followed by service in a pensionable office, which period, if he had continued to serve in the Police Force and had subsequently been granted a police pension, might have been taken into account in the computation of such police pension.