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(iii) in any other case, when the relevant reduced pension is payable under this Ordinance for the first time.
(b) The Governor may, as regards a particular case, direct that a commuted pension gratuity shall be payable on a day specified in the direction, being a day which is earlier than the day on which the gratuity would otherwise fall to be paid under paragraph (a).
(c) Where the Governor gives a direction under this subsection, the commuted pension gratuity to which the direction relates shall be payable on the day specified in the direction. (Replaced 61 of 1988 s. 5)
(7) Where an officer retires in accordance with any compensation scheme, the reduced pension and the commuted pension gratuity shall be computed, and shall be payable, in accordance with the compensation scheme applicable to the officer.
Husband entitled to pension benefits only if dependent
25. No pension benefits or moneys related thereto shall accrue to a husband of a female officer under sections 19(1)(i) and 28(3), nor shall he be a beneficiary and be entitled to exercise the option conferred by section 17, unless satisfactory evidence is produced by him to the Secretary for the Civil Service to show that he is wholly or mainly dependent upon his wife for support by reason of his infirmity of mind or body, illness or old age.
Suspension of pension on re-appointment to the service
26. (1) If an officer who is eligible for a pension or to whom a pension has been granted is re-appointed to the public service, or appointed to service in any subvented organization which is determined to be public service for the purposes of this section by the Governor by notice in the Gazette, the payment of the pension may be suspended during the period of his service after his re-appointment or appointment, as the case may be.
(2) A pension that is suspended under subsection (1) shall be payable with effect from the date on which the service of the officer after his re-appointment or appointment ceases.
Power not to grant, or to cancel or reduce, pension
27. (1) Subject to subsection (5) and to section 29A, a designated officer may
(a) refuse to grant a pension to a person if it be shown to the designated officer that the person wilfully suppressed facts that are material to the grant of a pension; or
(b) cancel or reduce a pension granted to a person if it be shown to the designated officer that the pension was obtained by the wilful suppression by the person of facts, or that it was granted in ignorance of facts, which were such that had they been known before the retirement of the person, the pension would not have been granted or would only have been granted in part.
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(iii) in any other case, when the relevant reduced pension is payable under this Ordinance for the first time.
(b) The Governor may, as regards a particular case, direct that a com- muted pension gratuity shall be payable on a day specified in the direction, being a day which is earlier than the day on which the gratuity would otherwise fall to be paid under paragraph (a).
(c) Where the Governor gives a direction under this subsection, the commuted pension gratuity to which the direction relates shall be payable on the day specified in the direction. (Replaced 61 of 1988 s. 5)
(7) Where an officer retires in accordance with any compensation scheme, the reduced pension and the commuted pension gratuity shall be computed, and shall be payable, in accordance with the compensation scheme applicable to the officer.
Husband entitled to pension benefits only if dependent
25. No pension benefits or moneys related thereto shall accrue to a husband of a female officer under sections 19(1)(i) and 28(3), nor shall he be a beneficiary and be entitled to exercise the option conferred by section 17, unless satisfactory evidence is produced by him to the Secretary for the Civil Service to show that he is wholly or mainly dependent upon his wife for support by reason of his infirmity of mind or body, illness or old age.
Suspension of pension on re-appointment to the service
26. (1) If an officer who is eligible for a pension or to whom a pension has been granted is re-appointed to the public service, or appointed to service in any subvented organization which is determined to be public service for the purposes of this section by the Governor by notice in the Gazette, the payment of the pension may be suspended during the period of his service after his re-appointment or appointment, as the case may be.
(2) A pension that is suspended under subsection (1) shall be payable with effect from the date on which the service of the officer after his re-appointment or appointment ceases.
Power not to grant, or to cancel or reduce, pension
27. (1) Subject to subsection (5) and to section 29A, a designated officer may
(a) refuse to grant a pension to a person if it be shown to the designated officer that the person wilfully suppressed facts that are material to the grant of a pension; or
(b) cancel or reduce a pension granted to a person if it be shown to the designated officer that the pension was obtained by the wilful suppres- sion by the person of facts, or that it was granted in ignorance of facts, which were such that had they been known before the retirement of the person, the pension would not have been granted or would only have been granted in part.
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