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POLICE FORCE CONSOLIDATION . 933
[ 14 og 1887. ]
HONGKONG POLICE .
PENSION REGULATIONS .

The following Regulations, concerning the general conditions upon which pensions,
superannuation allowances, or other relief are to be granted to subordinate
officers or constables of the Police force, are authorized by the Governor in
Council, the 20th day of July, 1891. (Gazette 21st July, 1891.)


1. The Regulations made by the Governor in Council, on the 10th February,
1891 , and gazetted on the 28th February, 1891 , are hereby repealed.
2. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a pension
will be granted to any subordinate officer or constable of the Police force , who
has completed fifteen years' service, at a rate not exceeding 20 60ths of the
annual pay of his rank, provided he shall have been in receipt of the same
for the last three years ; otherwise, the pension shall be calculated upon the
average amount of pay received by such person during the three years next
preceding the commencement of such pension . Further, for every full and
complete year's service after fifteen years, an addition to the annual pension
of 1 60th part of the average annual pay of his rank shall be made for each
additional year of such service.
3. Any subordinate officer or constable of the Police force who may be
invalided after serving ten complete years and under fifteen years, may
(provided that such invaliding be not the consequence of intemperate or
vicious habits) be granted a pension not exceeding 15,60114 of the average
annual pay of his rank during the past three year's service, and 1 60th for
each full and complete year's service after ten years.
4. Any subordinate officer or constable of the Police force who may be
invalided as aforesaid before the completion of ten years' service may be
granted a gratuity not exceeding one month's pay for each complete year's
service .

5. Subject to the exceptions and provisions hereinafter contained, a pension
will be granted to any subordinate officer or constable of the Police force
who joined previous to the 13th September, 1884, (excepting those who have
joined under or have accepted an agreement to serve fifteen years' before
becoming entitled to a pension ) who has served ten years, at the rate of
15 60ths of the annual pay of his rank, provided he shall have been in receipt
of the same for the last three years ; otherwise, the pension shall be calculated
mpon the average amount of pay received by such person during the three
years next preceding the commencement of such pension . Further, for every
full and complete year's service after ten years, an addition to the annual
pension of 1 60th part of the average annual pay of bis rank shall be made
for each additional year of such service.
6. Extra pay for acting appointments will in no case be taken into
consideration in determining the amounts of pension or gratuity.
7. Time spent on leave with half salary, provided it does not exceed 16t!
of resident service, shall be reckoned for pension purposes at the rate of one
month for every two months of such leave, but absence without salary or
beyond 1 /6th of resident service shall not be reckoned at all .
8. All pensions granted shall be payable in Hongkong or London, or in
the principal towns of British India .