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CAP. 89]

{s. 17 cont.]

Pensions.

(3) For the purposes of this section-

(a) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is precluded from being married to another person at the same time, “wife” shall mean the woman to whom such officer is lawfully married;

(b) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is or becomes lawfully married to more than one woman at the same time, “wife” shall mean the woman whom such officer first married: Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a pension under this Ordinance ceasing to be so eligible and at the time of such cessation the officer was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the officer shall be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to have become a widower at the time of such cessation aforesaid and simultaneously to have married the woman who at such time was his wife and whom he married first after his marriage to the wife who has ceased to be eligible as aforesaid;

(c) where an officer contracts a lawful Chinese customary marriage "wife" shall mean the kit fat or tin fong wife:

(d) "widow" shall mean the woman who is the wife of an officer at the time of his death;

(e) "child" shall mean-

(i) the child of an officer born by a woman who is the wife or widow of such officer at the time of the birth; and

(ii) a person wholly or mainly dependent upon the deceased officer for support, adopted as a child by such officer before the date of injury in a manner recognized by the Governor.

(4) If an officer proceeding by a route approved by the Governor to or from this Colony at the commencement or termination of his service therein, or of a period of leave therefrom, dies as a result of damage to the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in which he is travelling or of any act of violence directed against such vessel, aircraft or vehicle and the

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