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Abatements from salaries and pensions.

CAP. 94]

Widows and Orphans Pension.

(1967 Ed.

shall be decided by the vote of the majority present at the meeting; the chairman or in his absence the officer presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his vote as director. There shall be no meeting at which there shall not be at least three directors present and voting. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 33 of 1939, Schedule, and 20 of 1965, s. 2)

8. (1) Subject to the provisions of sections 31 and 32, a monthly abatement of four per cent shall be made from the salary or pension of every officer, and such abatements shall be credited to the general revenue:

Provided that in the case of an officer holding or having held a post the salary of which is on a sterling basis, the abatement shall be made in dollars at four per cent of such salary or pension converted into dollars at the average demand rate of exchange from the 15th day of the preceding month to the 15th day of the month of payment. Such contributions shall continue to be pay- able on the full salary whenever an officer is on leave of absence with half salary or without salary. (Amended, 50 of 1911, s. 4; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 21 of 1912, s. 2; 5 of 1924, Schedule; 33 of 1939, Schedule, and 17 of 1963, s. 3)

In the case of an officer holding a post the salary of which is on a dollar basis, the abatement shall be made in dollars at four per cent of his nominal salary. (Added, 1 of 1911, s. 2. Amended, 50 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)

(2) Contributions made by officers holding or having held posts, the salary of which is on a sterling basis, shall for the purpose of calculating pensions be deemed to be fixed sterling contributions, and the pensions shall accordingly be fixed and payable in sterling, or if paid in the Colony shall be converted into dollars at the average demand rate of exchange from the 15th day of the preceding month to the 15th day of the month of payment. (Amended, 5 of 1924, Schedule)

(3) The abatement aforesaid shall be made by the Account- ant General, or in case of payments made by the Crown Agents, by the Crown Agents, on each occasion of payment of salary or pension, and shall be placed to the credit of the general revenue: (Amended, 50 of 1911, s. 4; 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 21 of 1912, s. 2, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)

Provided that-

(a) when a contributor on leave of absence is paid by the Crown Agents, he shall be entitled to receive only ninety- six per cent or forty-six per cent of his nominal salary, according as he is on full or half pay leave, converted (in the case of dollar salaries) into sterling at the rate of exchange at which such contributor is entitled to receive such salary;