THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1928.
L.S.
HONG KONG.
No. 13 of 1928.
I assent.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Officer Administering the Government.
3rd August, 1928.
An Ordinance to amend the Widows' and
Orphans' Pension Ordinance, 1908.
[3rd August, 1928.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with
the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Widows' and Short title. Orphans' Pension Amendment Ordinance, 1927.
2. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is repealed Amendment and the following section is substituted therefor :-
of Ordinance No. 15 of
Calcula-
17. Every pension which shall begin to be 1908, s. 17. tion of
payable after the commencement of this Ordi- pensions.
nance shall be calculated according to the Schedule. Rules and Tables contained in the Schedule to this Ordinance, and every pension which began to be payable before the commencement of this Ordinance shall be re-calculated according to the Rules and Tables contained in the Schedule to this Ordinance, in both cases as if the said Rules and Tables had been in force throughout the whole period of contribution upon which the pension in question shall be or is based.
3. Schedule A to the Widows" and Orphans' Pension Repeal of Ordinance, 1908, is repealed and the Schedule to this Schedule to Ordinance is substituted therefor.
Ordinance No. 15 of 1908. and
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this substitution 2nd day of August, 1928.
H. R. BUTTERS,
of new Schedule.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
SCHEDULE.
RULES
for calculating
pensions to widows and orphan children of officers.
SYNOPSIS OF RULES.
A.-OFFICER WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE A BACHELOR
OR WITLE A WIDOWER WITHOUT ANY CHILD OF
PENSIONABLE AGE,
I.-FIRST WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PEXSION.
(A) Pension in consideration of the contributions paid before
marriage.
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