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pence to the dollar then it shall be converted at the rate of one shilling and three pence to the dollar or sixteen dollars to the pound sterling: Provided that the salaries of officers absent from the Colony on leave for a period exceeding three months or absent from the Colony on duty for any period shall, if paid in the Colony, be paid at the prevailing monthly Treasury rate.

dollar

3. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 6 and with Levy on effect on and from the 1st January, 1937, and in order to salaries reduce expenditure there shall be a temporary levy, imposed exceeding

$240 per 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, in respect of the months of January to June inclusive, there shall be deducted 2% on the first $1,000, 4% on the next $1,500, 7% on the next $2,500, and 9% on the remaining portion of the salary above $5,000 per annum Provided always that the levy shall not operate so as to reduce the annual salary of any such officer below $240.

(3) On all such salaries, in respect of the months of July to December, inclusive, 1937, the Legislative Council by resolution may continue, reduce or abandon the percentage deductions specified in sub-section (2).

annum.

net salaries

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

of Widows' and

Orphans' Pension Contribu- tions.

5. This Ordinance shall be deemed to have been in force This as and from the 1st January, 1937, and it shall continue Ordinance to apply to in force until the 31st December, 1937, and no longer, salaries for unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.

the year 1937 only unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.

to grant

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

(2) The salaries of all public officers in the Hong Kong Government Service who are employed on the construction of the Dam and Reservoir Works at Shing Mun, with the exception of those officers who but for the said Works would` be employed in some other work in the Hong Kong Govern- ment Service, shall be wholly exempted from the operation of sections 2 and 3.

tion, and special exemptions.