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Pension Benefits

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(f) service as the holder of the office of President, Vice-President, Justice of Appeal, Registrar, officer or servant of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa or the Court of Appeal for East Africa;

(g) service in a civil capacity in the service of the Interim Commission for the West Indies;

(h) pensionable service with the British Telecommunication and the Post Office, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

"Public Service Commission" means the Public Service Commission established by the Public Service Commission Ordinance (Cap. 93);

"qualifying service" means the period of service calculated as qualifying service in accordance with the regulations;

"reduced pension" means the reduced pension referred to in section 24(1);

"the regulations" means regulations made under this Ordinance;

"retirement" means retirement from the public service;

"retirement age" means the retirement age specified in section 10, other than the age at which an officer may retire voluntarily, and which is applicable to the officer concerned, whether or not he is in the service when he attains his retirement age;

"salary" means the substantive salary attached to any established or non-established office in the service;

"Scheduled officer" means any officer of a rank or grade specified in the Schedule who is in service under the Government in the

(a) Correctional Services Department;

(b) Customs and Excise Department;

(c) Fire Services Department;

(d) Immigration Department; or

(e) Royal Hong Kong Police Force;

"service under the Government" shall be deemed to include, as service in a non-established office-

(a) service, other than service as a doctor, in a Chinese Public Dispensary administered by the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee under the then Secretary for Home Affairs; and

(b) service under the District Watch Force administered by the District Watch Committee under the then Secretary for Home Affairs,

when such service has been followed without a break by service under the Government;

"serving officer" means an officer who has opted in accordance with subsection (1) of section 8 and whose option has not been rejected under subsection (2) of that section;

"short service gratuity" means a short service gratuity granted to an officer under section 32;