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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 24, 1936.

Levy on

dollar salaries exceeding

$240 per

annum.

Levy to be applied to

net salaries

3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of section 6 and with effect on and from the 1st January, 1936, and in order to reduce expenditure, there shall be a temporary levy, imposed by way of deduction at source, on the salaries of all public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service which are expressed in terms of dollars and which exceed $240 per

annum.

(2) On all such salaries there shall be deducted, in respect of the salaries payable in respect of the months of January to June, inclusive, 1936, 4% on the first $1,000, 8% on the next $1,500, 12% on the next $2,500 and 15% on the remaining portion of the salary above $5,000.

(3) In respect of the month of July, 1936, and of sub- sequent months, the percentages in sub-section (2) of this section shall be reduced to 3%, 6%, 10% and 12% respectively.

(4) The levy authorised by this section shall not operate so as to reduce the annual salary of any officer below $240.

4. Every levy, whether in respect of a sterling salary or of a dollar salary, shall be applied to the net salary after after deduc- the deduction of the contributions, if any, payable under tion of the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, and the

Ordinances amending the same.

Widows' and

Orphans'

Pension

Contribu-

tions.

Ordinances

Nos. 15 of 1908, 13 of 1928, 9 of 1929, and

2 of 1931.

This Ordin-

ance to be

in force for

the year 1936 only unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.

Power of legislature to grant exemptions by resolu- tion.

Saving of rights of the Crown.

5. This Ordinance shall be deemed to have been in force as on and from the 1st January, 1936, and it shall continue in force until the 31st December, 1936, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.

6. It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council to exempt either wholly or partially from the operation of sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance, or from any part thereof, any officer or any class or description of officer. Any such resolution, if so expressed, may be retrospective in operation.

7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to recognise any rights whatsoever against the Crown or be deemed to Cf. Colonial imply that the holding of any appointment or the payment of salary constitutes a contract between the Crown and any of its servants or that any public office is held otherwise than during His Majesty's pleasure.

Regulations 20 and 21, and H.K. General Orders 1 and 2.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong this 22nd day of April, 1936.

D. M. MACDOUGALL,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.