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CAP. 233]

[r. 9 cont.]

(Cap. 232.)

G.N.A. 13/51.

G.N.A. 13/51.

Police Reserve.

(2) Such pay shall be not less than the minimum of the scale which applies to a police officer of equivalent rank in the police force constituted under the Police Force Ordinance, and such allowances shall be those payable to such a police officer in receipt of such pay.

10. (1) If a member of the Reserve while called out for active service is permanently injured—

(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and

(b) without his own default; and

(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of his duty,

he may be granted a pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual pay at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the following table-

When in the opinion of the Governor in Council his capacity to contribute to his own support is—

slightly impaired : five sixtieths

impaired : ten sixtieths

materially impaired : fifteen sixtieths

totally destroyed : twenty sixtieths.

(2) "pay" for the purpose of this regulation shall not include any allowances.

11. (1) If a member of the Reserve dies as a result of injuries received-

(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and

(b) without his own default; and

(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of his duty,

while called out for active service, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant-

(i) to the dependants of such member a gratuity not exceeding nine months' pay: Provided that the dependants who shall be recipients of any gratuity granted under this regulation shall be such as may be named in the award in each particular case and the gratuity shall not form part of the estate for the purpose of distribution nor shall it be taken into account in computing estate duty;

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