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(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.
of a
4. Every levy, whether in respect of a sterling salary or dollar salary, shall be applied to the net salary after the deduction of the contributions, if any, payable under the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908, and the Ordinances amending the same.
Levy to be applied to net salaries after deduc- Widows' and
tion of
Orphans' Pension
Contribu-
tions.
Ordinances
Nos. 15 of
1908, 13 of
1928, 9 of 1929, and
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.
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
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 tion. 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 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.
Objects and Reasons.
1. In order to assist in decreasing the anticipated budget deficit for the year 1936 after the fall in the exchange value of the local dollar it has been considered necessary to impose a temporary levy on Government salaries by way of reduction of expenditure.
2. In accordance with the views expressed in the Secretary of State's Circular despatch of the 16th July, 1932, dealing with such levies in the Colonies generally, the reductions are clearly designated as temporary and accordingly take the form of a levy on salaries imposed by statute renewable from year to year, the value of emoluments for pension purposes is not affected, and the principle of a fairly graduated scale of reduction is adopted in preference to an arrangement providing for all-over cuts of so much per cent on salaries up to a certain limit, and of a higher percentage on salaries above that limit.
power to grant
3. Clause 6 gives the legislature power to exemptions by resolution.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
by resolu-
Saving of the Crown. C. Colonial 20 and 21, and H.K.
rights of
Regulations
General Orders 1 and 2.
March, 1936.
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