1282 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST DECEMBER, 1895.
Title.
Amendment
of sec. 2 of Ord. 30 of 1890.
Amendment
of sec. 4.
Amendment
of sec. 11.
Amendment of sec. 13.
Amendment of sec. 18.
Amendment
of Rec. 4 of Ori. 18 of 1831.
Amondments
of Schedule B of Ord. 80 of
1830.
No. 28 of 1895.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend The Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Ordinances of 1890 and 1891 (No. 30 of 1890 and No. 18 of 1891).
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WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[18th December, 1895.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. Section 2 of Ordinance 30 of 1890 is hereby amended by striking out the definition of the word "salary" and substituting the words—
Salary. The salary of the Officer's substantive appointment or appointments including allowance for house or chair,
2. Section 4 of Ordinance 30 of 1890 is hereby amended by inserting after the words "four per cent." the words
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on the full salary or pension," and by substituting the word "such" for the word "the" in the third line of the said section.
3. Section 11 of Ordinance 30 of 1890 is hereby amended by substituting the word "may" for the word "shall."
4. Section 13 of Ordinance 30 of 1890 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "Directors" the words "or "shall be invested in Government Securities or in such "securities as may be approved of by the Governor in "Council,"
5. Section 18 of Ordinance 30 of 1890 is hereby amended by striking out the words "manner prescribed by section 16" and substituting therefor the words "the hands of the "Colonial Treasurer in writing within six months from the "retirement of such contributor from the service of the
Colony."
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6. Section 4 of Ordinance 18 of 1891 is hereby amended by striking out the words "computed on the basis to the end of the section and substituting therefor the words "which shall bear the same ratio to the full amount of pension to which they would have been entitled had the "contributor remained in the service as the number of years during which an annual contribution has been paid 'up to the date of such retirement or deprivation bears to the total number of years during which an annual contri- "bution would have been made in the ordinary course."
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7. In the Illustrations of the methods of assessing the Pensions in Schedule B of Ordinance No. 30 of 1890, the following amendments are hereby made:-
In Article 2, the words "Article 1" are hereby substi- tuted for the words "Article 9" wherever they
occur.
In Article 3, the words "Articles 1 and 2" are hereby
substituted for the words "Articles 9 and 10.”
In Article 6, the words "Rule 1A" are hereby substi-
tuted for the words "Rule 9a.”
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 14th day of December, 1895.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 18th day of December, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
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