1950_POLICE_RESERVE_REGULATIONS — Page 5

CAP. 233]

[r. 11 cont.]

Police Reserve.

sion shall cease as from such date as the Governor in Council may determine; and

(C) a pension granted to a child under this regulation shall cease in the case of a male at the age of 18 years and in the case of a female child on marriage at the age of 21 years.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation- (a) "pay" shall not include any allowances; (b) where a member 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 member is lawfully married;

(c) where a member contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is or becomes law- fully married to more than one woman at the same time, "wife" shall mean the woman to whom such member first married: Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a pension under this regula- tion ceasing to be so eligible and at the time of such cessation the member was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the member shall be deemed for the purposes of this regulation 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;

(d) where a member contracts a lawful Chinese cus- tomary marriage "wife" shall mean the kit fat or tin fong wife;

(e) "widow" shall mean the woman who is the wife

of a member at the time of his death;

(f) "child" shall mean-

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

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

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