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LAWS OF HONG KONG
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 94
CHAPTER 94.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION ORDINANCE.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section. Page.
1. Short title . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
2. Interpretation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3
2A. Salary ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5
3. Regulations prescribing persons to whom term 'officer' applies ... ... ... 6
4. Contributors to other schemes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
5. Pensions paid out of general revenue ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
6. Contributions credited to general revenue ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
7. Appointment and meetings of directors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
8. Abatements from salaries and pensions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8
9. Period for which abatement shall be made ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9
9A. Right after retirement to cease contribution ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9
10. Contributions of officers leaving the service ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10
ill. Repayment to bachelors and widowers without pensionable children ... ... 11
12. Right to continue contributions in full on reduced income ... ... ... ... 12
13. Right on retirement to elect to contribute on former dollar salary ... ... 12
14. Right on retirement or deprivation of office to continue to contribute ... 13
15. Provisions for case of officers transferred to other employment under
the Crown ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
16. Information to be furnished by officers and others ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
17. Penalty for non-compliance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... is
18. Exclusion from benefits ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
19. Duration of pension to orphan ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
20. Calculation of pensions ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... is
21. Provision for case of motherless orphans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15
22. Provision for case of widow marrying ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
23. Provision for case of divorce or separation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16
24. Provision for case of widow and children of previous marriage ... ... ... 16
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25. Pension to children of widower ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
26. Mode and condition of payment of pension ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
27. Payment on behalf of minors ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
28. Payment on behalf of minors in case of desertion ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
29. Pension not to be assigned or levied upon ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17
30. Decision of questions under the Ordinance ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
31. Limit of compulsory contribution ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... 18
32. Limit of compulsory contribution for all officers ... ... ... ... ... ... 18
33. Rules and regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19
34. Ordinance not to apply to members of Overseas Audit Service unless they
request ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19
Schedule. Part I -Pension Tables ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20
Part II-Instruction for the use of Pension Tables ... ... ... ... ... 34
CHAPTER 94.
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION.
To provide for the pensions of widows and orphans, and to consolidate
the laws in relation thereto.
(Amended, 2 of 1931, s. 5)
[31st December, 1908.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Widows and Orphans
Pension Ordinance.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 5 of 1924,
s.6)
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires
'child' means
(a) a child of an officer by his wife, born after marriage;
(b)without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (4), an
adopted child who, by virtue of subsection (2), is deemed to be
a child of an officer; and
(c)without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (4), a
legitimated child who, by virtue of subsection (3), is deemed to
be a child born of the marriage between an officer and his wife;
(Replaced, 72 of 1967, s. 2)
'directors- means such persons as may be appointed by the Governor to
carry out the provisions of this Ordinance; (Amended, 50 of 1911,
and 12 of 1912, Schedule)
'officer who has elected' has the meaning assigned to it by subsection
(1) of section 2 of the Pensions Ordinance; (Added, 6 of 1967, S. 2)*
'orphan' means the child of a deceased officer; (Amended, 51 of 1911;
13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
Effective from 1st April 1965.
'pension' means any pension granted under this Ordinance, except
where the context implies that the pension of the contributor
himself is referred to;
'pensio-ner' means any person entitled to a pension under this
Ordinance, except where the context implies that the contributor
himself is referred to;
'wife' means the lawful wife of any officer married to him by a Christian
marriage or its civil equivalent, or in the case of Chinese the kit fat
or tin fong, or in the case of any other Asiatic nation, the principal
wife; and 'widow' shall be construed accordingly. (Replaced, 33 of
1939, Schedule)
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 5 of 1924,
s. 36; 2 of 1931, s. 5, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(2) Where an infant is or has been adopted under and in
accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Ordinance, or in such
other manner as is referred to in section 17 thereof, by a person
(a)who at the time of such adoption is or was a contributor making
contributions under this Ordinance or who subsequently
became or becomes a contributor making contributions under
this Ordinance; and
(b)who is or was married at the time of such adoption without then
having any child of such marriage,
such infant, if he is the first or second infant to be or to have been
adopted as aforesaid by such person, but no other adopted child, shall,
for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be a child of such man
by the wife to whom he is or was married at the time of such adoption
and, accordingly, shall be deemed to be a child born of that Marriage
and to be the issue of that marriage. (Added, 72 of 1967, s. 2)
(3) A child who shall have been legitimated by marriage according
to the law of the country of the father's domicile at the date of marriage
shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be a child born
of that marriage and, accordingly, shall be deemed to be the issue of that
marriage. (Added, 72 of 1967, s. 2)
(4) Nothing in subsection (2) or (3) shall entitle an adopted child or a
legitimated child to be paid a pension or a share in any pension where
the payment to him of such pension or share would diminish the pension
or share of any pension immediately payable or being paid at the date of
enactment of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) (No. 2)
Ordinance 1967 to the widow or to any child or children of the officer
concemed. (Added, 72 of 1967, s.2)
(5) The child of an officer who is or has been adopted by any other
person under and in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption
Ordinance, or in such other manner as is referred to in section 17 thereof,
(a)in the lifetime of the officer, or while a pension is or was then
being paid under this Ordinance to the mother of that child,
shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Ordinance, to have
died at the date of the adoption unless, at the date of
enactment of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment)
(No. 2) Ordinance 1967, such child was being paid a pension or
a share of a pension under this Ordinance, in which case such
child shall continue to be paid such pension or such share;
(b)after the death of the officer shall, if he is being paid a pension
or a share of a pension under this Ordinance, continue to be
paid such pension or such share. (Added, 72 of 1967, s. 2)
To (4) ;Ltd OtW.1
2A. (1) S~ as otherwise provided, the salary of an officer shall be
determined for the purposes of this Ordinance in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
(2) Salary-
(a) in respect of service prior to the 1st day of July 1959; and
(b)in respect of service after the 30th day of June 1959 for which
an officer continued to be in receipt of a salary on a scale
applicable prior to the 1st day of July 1959,
means the aggregate of-
(i)the salary of an officer's substantive appointment or
appointments, including personal allowances in the nature of
salary; and
(ii)fifty per cent of expatriation pay and personal allowances in
place of expatriation pay, if any.
(3) Salary, in respect of service after the 30th day of June 1959 but
prior to the 1st day of April 1965 (other than service for which an officer
continued to be in receipt of a salary on a scale applicable prior to the
1st day of July 1959), means the aggregate of
(a)ninety per cent of the salary of an officer's substantive
appointment or appointments, including personal allowances
in the nature of salary; and
(b)fifty per cent of expatriation pay and personal allowances in
place of expatriation pay, if any.
(4) Salary, in respect of service after the 31st day of March 1965,
means
(a)except in the case of an officer who has elected, the aggregate
of
(i) the salary of an officer's substantive appointment or
appointments; and
(ii) expatriation pay and personal allowances in place of
expatriation pay, if any; and
(b) in the case of an officer who has elected, the aggregate, Of
(i) ninety percent of the salary of an officer's substantive
appointment or appointments; and
(ii) fifty per cent of expatriation pay and personal allowances
in place of expatriation pay, if any. (Added, 6 of 1967, s. 3)*
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make
regulations to prescribe the persons to whom the term 'officer'
in this Ordinance shall apply and to make any such regulation
with retrospective effect to any date not being a date earlier than
the I st day of January 1947:
Provided that no such regulation shall take effect unless it has
received the prior approval of the Legislative Council signified by
resolution.
(Replaced,14,of 1948, s. 2)
4. (1) No officer shall be required to contribute under this Ordinance
if, and for so long as, he is contributing to an approved scheme, or if he
has completed his contributions to an approved scheme: (Amended, 2 of
1931, s. 3)
Provided that this subsection shall have no effect and shall be
deemed never to have had effect in relation to an approved scheme
which has been declared by the Secretary of State to be a List II scheme.
(Added, 72 of 1967, s. 3)
(2) For the purposes of this section, an approved scheme means a
scheme for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of
Government officers, established in a British colony or protectorate or in
British India or in any territory in respect of which a mandate is being
exercised by the government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions,
which is declared by the Secretary of State to be an approved scheme for
the purposes of this section.
(3) Any claim for exemption under this section must be in writing
and must reach the Colonial Secretary within three months after the
officer commences to draw salary from this Government or such
extended period as the Governor in Council may in any particular case
allow. (Amended, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(4) An officer who under this section has obtained exemption from
becoming a contributor under this Ordinance may not subsequently
become a contributor under this Ordinance unless
Effective from 1st April 1965.
(a) he ceases to contribute to the approved scheme; or
(b) he marries; or
(c)he leaves the service of this Government and is subsequently
reappointed to it. (Replaced, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(5) Nothing in this section shall exempt an officer, who on
reappointment to the service of this Government is already a contributor
under this Ordinance, from continuing his contributions under this
Ordinance. (Replaced, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(6) If an officer obtains exemption under this section, any
contributions previously made by him under this Ordinance while his
claim for exemption is pending or during either of the periods mentioned
in subsection (3) shall be returned to him without interest. (Replaced, 33
of 1939, Schedule)
(Added, 9 of 1929, s. 4)
5. Pensions shall be paid out of the general revenue and are hereby
made charges upon such revenue.
(Amended, 50 of 1911 s. 4; 21 of 1912, s. 2, and 43 of 19.12,
Schedule)
6. All contributions and other revenues receivable from officers
under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be carried to the credit of
the general revenue.
(Amended, 50 of 1911, s. 4; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 21 of
1912, s. 2; 43 of 1912, Schedule, and 8 of 1939, s. 5)
7. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint any number of
officers not exceeding five and not less than three as directors, of whom
one shall be nominated as Chairman by the Governor, for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, and to cancel the
appointment of any such person.
(Amended, 12 of 1910, s. 3; 50 of 1911, s. 4; 51 of 1911;
12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 33 of 1939,
Schedule, and 20 of 1965, s. 2)
(2) In the event of the death or absence from the Colony of a
director, or in the event of the cancellation of the appointment of any
director, the Governor may appoint another officer to be a director in his
place. (Amended, 12 of 1910, s. 3; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912,
Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(3) Appointments of directors and cancellations thereof shall take
effect from the notification thereof in the Gazette. (Added, 51 of 1911,
and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
(4) At every meeting of the directors the chairman, and in his
absence the senior officer present, shall preside. Every question
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 1 5th day of the month of payment. Such
contributions shall continue to be payable 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 Accountant
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 ninetysix 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;
(b)when a contributor's pension is paid by the Crown Agents,
such pension (i) if a dollar pension shall, subject to the
provisions of sections 12 and 13, be reduced by four per cent of
its nominal dollar value, and the balance thus reduced shall be
payable to him, converted into sterling at the rate of exchange at
which he is entitled to receive such pension, and (ii) if a sterling
pension shall be payable to him, reduced by four percent.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939,
Schedule)
(4) In the event of such abatement not being made, every officer
shall pay to the Accountant General or Crown Agents, within fifteen days
after the receipt by him of his monthly salary or pension, a sum equal to
four per cent thereof; and in the event of any officer being on leave
without salary, he shall pay, before the 15th day of every month during
the continuance of such leave, to the Accountant General or Crown
Agents, a sum equal to four per cent upon the full salary which he would
have received monthly if he had not been on leave. All sums due under
this subsection, and all arrears of contributions due and payable under
this Ordinance, shall be a debt due by the officer, and shall be payable to
the Accountant General or Crown Agents, with interest at six per cent,
forthwith or by such instalments as the directors may determine. The
Accountant General or Crown Agents shall, on the written order of the
directors or of any two of them, deduct from any moneys which may be or
may become due or payable to the officer by whom such debt is payable
the whole or any part thereof. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of
1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
9. Except as otherwise provided or permitted in this Ordinance, the
abatement aforesaid shall continue to be made until such officer has
either attained the age of sixty-five years, or has been subject to the
abatement for thirty-five successive years, whichever may first happen,
and shall thereupon cease and determine.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 72 of 1967,
s.4)
9A. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance to the contrary,
an officer who from any cause whatever ceases to belong to the public
service and retires on pension or has ceased to belong to the public
service and retired on pension may at any time, in lieu of being subject
to any further abatement from either salary or pension, elect by notice in
writing to the Accountant General to discontinue being a contributor
under this Ordinance whereupon he shall not be required to make any
further contribution and any pension to his widow or children (if any)
shall be computed on the basis of the potential benefit acquired by such
contributor at the date of his ceasing to contribute.
(2) An election under subsection (1) shall be irrevocable, and shall
be effective
(a)in the case of an officer who ceases to belong to the public
service on or after the date of enactment of the Widows and
Orphans Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1967 and
whose notice of election is received by the Accountant General
not later than four months after the date on which he ceased to
belong to the public service, from the date notified in the notice
of election, not being a date earlier than the date on which he
ceased to belong to the public service; and
(b)in all other cases, from the date of receipt by the Accountant
General of the notice of election.
(Added, 72 of 1967, s. 5)
10. (1) Except as provided in sections 12 and 13, an officer who from
any cause whatever ceases to belong to the public service and retires on
pension and who is required to continue to make contributions under
this Ordinance shall not be called upon to make any further contribution
beyond a monthly abatement of four per cent on such pension to
commence from the date of his retirement until he attains sixty-five years
of age or has been subject to abatement for thirty-five years, when such
abatement shall cease. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 33 of
1939, Schedule, and 72 of 1967, s. 6)
(2) An officer being a widower with children pensionable under this
Ordinance at the time when he leaves the public service shall on the last
of such children ceasing to be pensionable cease to contribute and to
have any rights under this Ordinance unless, before the last of such
children ceases to be pensionable, he remarries. (Amended, 51 of 1911;
13 of 1912, Schedule, and 72 of 1967,s.6)
(3) An officer who, having continued to contribute after leaving the
public service, subsequently becomes a widower, shall thereupon, or
upon the last of any of his children ceasing to be pensionable
(whichever event last happens), cease to contribute and to have any
rights under this Ordinance unless, in the case of an officer with children
pensionable under this Ordinance at the time when he becomes a
widower, he re-marries prior to the last of such children ceasing to be
pensionable. (Replaced, 17 of 1963, s. 4. Amended, 72 of 1967, s. 6)
(4)(a) Any officer (being an officer who is on the date of
commencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension
(Amendment) Ordinance 1965 liable to contribute under this
Ordinance notwithstanding that he has left the public service)
who
(i) left the public service before the 24th day of May 1963;
and
(ii) did not have any children pensionable under this
Ordinance at the time when he left the public service; and
(iii) became a widower after he left the public service but
before the 24th day of May 1963,
may, by notice in writing received by the Accountant General
at any time within six months after the commencement of the
Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1965,
elect to discontinue being a contributor whereupon he shall
not be required to make any further contribution and shall
cease to have any rights under this Ordinance save that he
shall receive back the amount of the contributions paid by him
since the date on which he became a widower with compound
interest thereon, and for the purposes of this paragraph the
provisions of subsections (5) and (6) of section 11 shall apply
mutatis mutandis.
(b)An election made under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall
be irrevocable. (Added, 20 of 1965, s. 3)
11. (1) A bachelor or a widower without children pensionable under
this Ordinance, who leaves the public service with or without pension
on transfer or on retirement or on dismissal or otherwise, shall not be
required to make any further contribution, and shall receive back, unless
he elects to continue being a contributor
(a)in the case of a bachelor, the amount of the contributions paid
by him with compound interest thereon; and
(b)in the case of a widower, the amount of contributions paid by
him during the period from the death of his last wife or the date
upon which he ceased to have any child pensionable under
this Ordinance, whichever last occurred, with compound
interest thereon:
Provided that, in the case of an officer who is dismissed from the
public service, contributions repayable under paragraphs (a) and (b)
shall be repaid without interest.
(2) Where a bachelor or a widower without children pensionable
under this Ordinance dies while in the public service, his legal
representative shall receive back
(a)in the case of a bachelor, the amount of the contributions paid
by him with compound interest thereon; and
(b)in the case of a widower, the amount of the contributions paid
by him during the period from the death of his last wife or the
date upon which he ceased to have any child pensionable
under this Ordinance, whichever last occurred, with compound
interest thereon.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), unless within six months
after the date when he leaves the public service an officer has by notice
in writing to the Accountant General elected to
continue being a contributor, he shall be deemed to have elected to
discontinue being a contributor.
(4) Subject to the provisions of section 15, in the case of an officer
who leaves the public service on transfer to any other office under the
Crown, an election made under subsection (1) shall be irrevocable.
(5) For the purposes of this section, interest shall be calculated at
two and a half per cent per annum with annual rests on the 31st day of
December in each year; the interest beginning to accrue in respect of
each contribution on the 1st day of January following the day upon
which the contribution is paid and ceasing on the last day of the month
preceding the month in which payment under this section is made.
(6) Where contributions become repayable under this section and
at the time the officer has acknowledged a debt as being due to the
Government or the existence of such a debt has been established in any
court, the amount of such debt shall be deducted from the contributions
so repayable.
(Added, 17 of 1963, s. 5)
12. (1) Whenever the salary of an officer becomes reduced by
abatement of his emoluments or by retirement on pension, then, if he is
an officer who is required to continue to make contributions under this
Ordinance, he may elect to continue to contribute upon the higher salary
which he was receiving previous to such reduction, and subject to the
same terms and conditions as if he had continued to draw the higher
salary:
Provided that
(a)such officer shall notify his decision to the Accountant General
within one month after the date of the abatement or within four
months after the date of his retirement; and
(b)if such officer fails to notify his decision to the Accountant
General within one month or four months, as the case may be,
or if he dies before he has notified his decision, he shall be
deemed to have elected to contribute on the lower salary or
pension. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912,
Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 33 of 1939, Schedule, and 72
of 1967, s. 7)
(2) If such officer does not elect so to continue to contribute upon
the higher salary, and contributes on the lower salary or pension, any
pension to his widow or children shall be diminished by the amount by
which it would have been increased had such officer's salary been
increased and not diminished. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912,
Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
13. In the case of an officer retiring whose pension is paid on a
dollar basis and who elects to contribute on the basis of his former dollar
salary, such pension shall be reduced by the amount of the abatement at
four per cent of his former dollar salary, and
the balance shall be payable to him converted into sterling at the rate of
exchange at which he is entitled to receive such pension.
(Added, 1 of 1911, s. 3. Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911;
12 of 1912, Schedule, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
14. An officer who retires or who is deprived of the office in respect
of which he contributed, but who is not granted a pension, may continue
to contribute, from the date of his so retiring or being deprived of his
office, on the salary which he was receiving at the date of such
retirement or deprivation, at the same rate and subject to the same terms
and conditions as if he had continued in the public service and
continued to receive the salary which he was receiving at the date of
such retirement or deprivation. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of
1912, Schedule, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
In the event of his ceasing to contribute or in the event of any
contributions due from him not having been paid for six months, his
widow or his widow and children, as the case may be, shall be entitled on
his death only to a pension computed on the basis of the potential
benefit acquired by such contributor at the date of his ceasing to
contribute. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 72 of
1967, s. 8)
15. An officer transferred from the service of this Government to any
other office under the Crown may continue to contribute from the date of
his ceasing to hold office in the service of this Government on the salary
which he was receiving at the date of such transfer, at the same rate and
subject to the same terms as if he had continued in the service of this
Government and continued to receive the salary which he was receiving
at the date of such transfer. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912,
Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
In the event of his ceasing to contribute, or in the event of any
contribution due from him not having been paid for six months, his
widow or his widow and children, as the case may be, shall be entitled
after his death only to a pension computed on the basis of the potential
benefit acquired by such contributor at the date of his being transferred
or of his ceasing to contribute. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912,
Schedule, and 72 of 1967, s. 8)
16. (1) Every officer who becomes liable to contribute under this
Ordinance shall, within three months from the date of his becoming
liable to contribute, forward to the Accountant General a declaration
setting forth
(a)the date of his becoming so liable, his own name in full, and the
date of his birth; and
(b)if he is married, the date of his marriage and the maiden name in
full and the date of birth of his wife; and
(e)if he has any children, their names in full, the sex of each
and the date of each of their births and where any such
child is an adopted child, the date of adoption.
(2) Every officer who marries shall, within three months from
the date of his marriage, forward to the Accountant General a
declaration setting forth-
(a)the date of such marriage and the maiden name in full of
his wife and the date of her birth; and
(b)if there are any children legitimated by such marriage,
their names in full, the sex of each and the date of each
of their births.
(3) Every officer shall, within three months from the date of
the event, forward to the Accountant General a declaration setting
forth-
(a)the date of birth of any child of his within the meaning of
paragraph (a) of the definition of 'child' in subsection (1)
of section 2, and the sex of such child; and
(b)the date of adoption by him of any child within the meaning
of paragraph (b) of the definition of 'child' in subsection
(1) of section 2 together with the sex and the date of birth
of such child.
(4) Every officer whose wife dies or is divorced from him,
or whose child dies or is adopted by some other person, or whose
female child is married, and the guardian of every child who dies
or is adopted by some other person or of every female child who
is married, shall, within three months thereof, forward to the
Accountant General a declaration setting forth the date of such
death, divorce, adoption or marriage.
(5) The provisions of this section requiring the supply of
information in respect of an adopted child (whether a child adopted
by an officer or an officer's child adopted by any other person) and
a legitimated child shall apply in relation to a child adopted or
legitimated by marriage before the date of enactment of the Widows
and Orphans Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1967 if
on such date such child is pensionable under this Ordinance or
would be entitled to a pension or a share in a pension under this
Ordinance but for the provisions of subsection (4) of section 2,
but in such a case the period of three months specified in the fore-
going provisions of this section shall commence on the date of the
enactment of that Ordinance.
(6) Any declaration under this section shall, if at any time
the directors so require, be verified by the production of birth,
death, marriage or other certificate or by affidavit or otherwise, to
the satisfaction of the directors, and until so verified no regard
whatsoever shall be had of the occurrence of the event notified in
such declaration.
(Replaced, 72 of 1967, s. 9)
17. (1) Every officer who, in the judgment of the directors-
(a)fails, omits or refuses to perform any duty cast upon him or to
do any act required of him by this Ordinance, or, in particular
but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, fails,
omits or refuses within a reasonable time to verify, to the
satisfaction of the directors and in the manner required under
subsection (6) of section 16, any declaration made by him under
that section, may be adjudged by the directors to pay for each
such default, omission or refusal a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars; or
(b)furnishes any false information or makes any false declaration,
shall forfeit at the discretion of the directors, subject to the
consent of the Governor, all or any part of his rights under this
Ordinance.
(Amended, 30 of 1911; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule;
13 of 1912, Schedule; 22 of 1950, Schedule, and 72 of 1967, s. 10)
(2) The Accountant General shall, on the judgment of the directors
being notified to him, deduct the amount of such fine from the first
moneys payable to the officer as salary or otherwise, and shall pay such
amount into the general revenue. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912,
Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
18. (1) No widow of an officer, whose marriage was contracted after
he had ceased to contribute, and no child of such marriage shall be
entitled to a pension. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912,
Schedule, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
(2) No widow of an officer who dies within one year from the date
of his marriage shall be entitled to a pension unless a child is born
of such marriage: Provided that it shall be lawful for the
directors, with the consent of the Governor, to award to award to such last-
mentioned widow all or any part of the pension to which she would have
been entitled but for the provisions of this subsection. (Amended, 12 of
1910, s. 2 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 13 of
1912, Schedule)
19. The allowance or pension to an orphan shall cease in the case
of a male at the age of eighteen years, and in the case of a female on
marriage or at the age of twenty-one years.
20. Pensions under this Ordinance shall be calculated in accordance
with the Tables and Instructions set forth in the Schedule, and the
Accountant General shall pay the pensions, or cause them to be paid by
the Crown Agents, as they become due.
(Replaced, 72 of 1967, s. 11)
21. Subject to the provisions of section 19, when orphans have no
living mother or stepmother entitled to a pension, the pension to which
the wife of the deceased contributor would have
been entitled if she had survived him or which his widow was receiving
at the time of her death shall be divided equally among such orphans;
and whenever one of such orphans ceases to be eligible for pension, the
whole pension shall be re-divided equally among the others.
(Replaced, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
22. If the widow of an officer marries again she shall cease to receive
apension from the date of remarriage; and the children of such widow
and officer shall thereupon be entitled to pension as if both their parents
were dead.
(Replaced, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
23. A wife whose marriage has been dissolved by a divorce which
would be recognized as valid by a British court of justice shall, for the
purposes of this Ordinance, be considered as dead; but where an officer
has been separated from his wife, either judicially or by mutual consent,
or otherwise, the directors may, having regard to the grounds of the
separation and the subsequent conduct of both parties, grant a pension
either to the widow or to the orphans if any, as they shall think the more
desirable.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939,
Schedule)
24. (1) When an officer dies leaving a widow and children, the issue
of a previous marriage existing when he became a contributor or
contracted after he became a contributor, such children shall be entitled
each to a share or portion of one-half of the pension to which their
mother, if she had survived their father, would have been entitled, such
share or portion being calculated in accordance with the provisions of
section 21. (Replaced, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(2) The widow of such officer shall be entitled to one-half of the
pension to which she would have been entitled if there had been no
such children; and when such children cease to be entitled to pension,
then she shall be entitled to the whole of the pension which she would
have received if there had been no such children. (Replaced, 33 of 1939,
Schedule)
(3) If the widow dies leaving no issue of her marriage with the
officer, the children of the first marriage shall be entitled to such
pensions as if the officer had not contracted such subsequent marriage.
(Amended, 51 of 1911, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
(4) If the widow dies leaving children, the issue of her marriage with
the officer, such children shall be entitled each to a share or portion of
the pension to which their mother was entitled, such share or portion
being calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 21.(Amended, 51 of 1911, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
25. The children of a widower who is or becomes a contributor shall
be entitled on his death to the pension to which they would have been
entitled if their mother had been living at the time of his becoming liable
to contribute.
(Amended, 33 of 1939, Schedule)
26. The pension payable to any person entitled thereto shall begin
upon the death of the officer or of his widow, as the case may be, and
shall accrue daily and shall be paid monthly. But before any such
payment, it shall be lawful for the directors to require proof that any
widow or child is alive and entitled to the pension claimed by such
widow or child.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911, 12 of 1912, Schedule,
and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
27. (1) In any case in which a minor is entitled to payment of a
pension or portion of a pension, it shall be lawful for the directors to
appoint a fit and proper person to whom such pension shall be paid on
behalf of such minor. (Amended, 50 of 1911, and 12 of 1912, Schedule)
(2) Such appointment shall be in writing under the hand of at least
three of the directors, and the receipt of such person shall be a legal
discharge for the payment of such pension or portion thereof.
28. If the widow of any officer ceases to assist, deserts or
abandons a child who would be entitled on her death to draw pension,
and who may be in a state of poverty or destitution, the directors may,
in their discretion, pay to a fit and proper person on behalf of such child
such proportion of the pension as they may think fit in each case, and
the widow shall have no further claim on the directors in respect thereof.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule;
13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
29. (1) No pension payable under this Ordinance shall be assigned
or transferred, and every assignment or transfer thereof shall be
absolutely null and void and of no effect.
(2) No such pension shall be attached, or levied upon, or arrested,
or taken in execution on account of any debt or payment due by the
person to whom such pension is payable:
Provided that any contribution or other sum due under this
Ordinance from a deceased officer may be deducted from any pension
payable under this Ordinance to or on behalf of the widow or
children of such officer. (Added, 72 of 1967, s. 12)
30. If any question arises as to whether any person is an officer
within the meaning of this Ordinance, or as to whether any person is
entitled to any pension as the widow or child of an officer, or as to the
amount of pension to which any widow or child is entitled, or as to the
meaning or construction to be assigned to any section of this
Ordinance, or to any rule or regulation made under the provisions
thereof, it shall be lawful for the directors, and they are hereby required,
on the application of any such officer, widow or child, to submit such
question for decision to the Governor; and the decision of the Governor
thereon, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall be final.
(Amended, 51 of 1911, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
31. No person contributing at the commencement of this Ordinance
shall be required to pay any higher contribution than such as would
entitle his widow or children to a pension of, in the case of a dollar
contributor, fifteen hundred dollars, and in the case of a sterling
contributor, two hundred and twenty-five pounds sterling per annum:
(Amended, 8 of 1912, s. 71, and 2 of 1931, s.5)
Provided that every such person may if he wishes contribute the
full four per cent of his salary or pension referred to in sections 8 and 10.
32. (1) When, after the commencement of the Widows and Orphans
Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1963, an officer first becomes liable to
contribute at a rate in excess of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per
mensem he may by notice in writing to the Accountant General elect
(a)to contribute at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per mensem; or
(b) to contribute at the rate provided by section 8.
(2) Where, prior to the commencement of the Widows and Orphans
Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1963, an officer has become liable to
contribute at a rate in excess of one hundred and twenty-five dollars per
mensem, he may by notice in writing to the Accountant General elect
(a)to contribute at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per mensem; or
(b)to contribute at the rate at which he was contributing
immediately prior to the 1st day of July 1959 where such
amount was not less than one hundred and twenty-five dollars
per mensem; or
(c) to contribute at the rate provided by section 8.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1), unless within three months
after the date when he first became liable to contribute
more than one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem, or such
longer period as the directors may in any particular case allow, an officer
has made his election, he shall be deemed to have elected to contribute
at the rate provided by section 8.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)-
(a)unless within three months after the commencement of the
Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance 1963, or
such longer period as the directors may in any particular case
allow, an officer has made his election, he shall be deemed to
have elected to contribute
(i) in the case of an officer who is in the public service at the
commencement of the aforesaid Ordinance, at the rate
provided by section 8; and
(ii) in the case of an officer who has left the public service at
the commencement of the aforesaid Ordinance, at the rate at
which he was contributing immediately prior to leaving the
public service;
(b)any election shall take effect from the 1st day of July 1959 or
the date on which the officer first became liable to contribute
more than one hundred and twenty-five dollars per mensem,
whichever is the later.
(5) Where, under the provisions of this section, an officer has
elected to contribute at the rate provided by section 8, he may at any
time, by notice in writing to the Accountant General, elect to contribute
at the rate at which he was contributing at the date of such notice.
(6) Save as provided in subsection (5), an election made under this
section shall be irrevocable.
(Added, 17 of 1963, s. 6)
33. The directors may make regulations, subject to the approval of
the Governor in Council, for the proper carrying out of this Ordinance.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule;
13 of 1912, Schedule, and 5 of 1924, Schedule)
34. This Ordinance shall not apply to any member of the Overseas
Audit Service, appointed on the recommendation of the Director
General of the Overseas Audit Service in London, unless within six months
after the date of his arrival in the Colony he has
stated in writing to the Accountant General that he desires this
Ordinance to apply to him, in which event it shall apply accordingly
from the date of the receipt of the statement by the Accountant General.
(Added, 27 of 1911, s. 2. Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 8 of
1912, s. 71; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule,
and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
SCHEDULE.* [s. 20.]
PART I
PENSION TABLES.
TABLE A.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a SINGLE
CONTRIBUTION of 1 will secure.
AGE of AGE OF WIFE NEXT
HUSBAND
NEXT
BIRTHDAY 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80
18 .402 .465 .541 .649 .769
19 .385 .444 .518 .621 .741
20 .368 .424 .493 .592 .709 .862
21 .352 .405 .474 .565 .680 .826
22 .337 .386 .452 .538 .649 .794
23 .322 .368 .431 .513 .617 .758
24 .308 .351 .410 .488 .588 .725
25 .294 .334 .389 .463 .559 .690 .855
26 .282 .319 .370 .441 .532 .658 .820
27 .270 .305 .352 .418 .505 .625 .781
28 .258 .291 .334 .397 .478 .592 .741
29 .246 .277 .318 .376 .452 .559 .704
30 .236 .264 .303 .356 .429 .529 .667 .847
31 .226 .252 .288 .337 .407 .500 .629 .806
32 .216 .240 .274 .319 .385 .472 .595 .763
33 .207 .229 .260 .303 .364 .444 .562 .719
34 .198 .219 .248 .287 .344 .418 .529 .676
35 .189 .209 .235 .272 .324 .395 .498 .637 .833
36 .181 .199 .224 .258 .306 .373 .467 .599 .787
37 .174 .190 .214 .245 .289 .352 .439 .362 .741
38 .166 .182 .204 .233 .273 .332 .412 .529 .694
39 .160 .174 .194 .221 .238 .312 .388 .498 .654
40 .153 .167 .185 .210 .245 .294 .365 .467 .613 .826
41 .147 .159 .177 .200 .232 .277 .344 .439 .573 .775
42 .141 .153 .169 .190 .220 .261 .323 .412 .538 .725
43 .136 .146 .161 .181 .208 .246 .303 .386 .503 .680
44 .131 .140 .154 .172 .198 .233 .285 .361 .472 .637
45 .125 .135 .147 .164 .188 .221 .268 .338 .442 .595 .833
46 .121 .130 .141 .157 .178 .209 .253 .317 .415 .559 .781
47 .116 .125 .135 .150 .170 .198 .238 .299 .389 .524 .730
48 .112 .120 .130 .143 .162 .188 .225 .281 .365 .490 .685
49 .108 .115 .124 .137 .154 .179 .213 .265 .342 .459 .645
so .104 .111 .120 .131 .147 .170 .202 .249 .322 .431 .606 .877
51 .107 .115 .126 .141 .162 .192 .236 .303 .405 .571 .840
52 .10.1 .111 .121 .135 .134 .182 .223 .286 .382 .538 .800
53 .100 .107 .117 .129 .147 .174 .212 .270 .360 .508 .758
54 .097 .103 .112 .124 .141 .166 .201 .256 .340 .478 .714
55 .094 .100 .108 .119 .135 .158 .191 .242 .322 .452 .676 1.0751
56 .097 .104 .115 .130 .151 .182.229 .303 .426 .633 1000
57 .093 .101 .111 .125.144 .173 .217 .286 .400 592 :935
58 .090 .097 .107 .120.138 .165 .205 .270 .375 :552 .870
59 .088 .094 .103 .115.132 .157 .195 .254 .351 .515 '806
60 .085 .091 .099 .111.127 .150 .185 .239 .328 .481 .746 1.250
61 .088 .096 .106 .122 .143 .175 .226 .308 .450 .69411.163
62 .083 .093 .103 .117 .137 .167 .213 .289 .422 .64911.087
63 .083 .090 .099 .112 .131 .159 202 273 .397 .610 1.010
64 .081 .087 .096 .108 .126 .152 5931 :259 .373 .571 .943
65 .079 .085 .093 .105 .122 .146 .185 .247 .352 538 .883
Effective from 1st July 1959.
TABLE B.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 55 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B---Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 56 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
AGE OF WIFE NEXT BIRTHDAY
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 57 next birthday after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable aslo by monthly instalments, will secure.
Age of WIFE NEXT BIRTHDAY
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 58 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
AGE OF NEXT BIRTHDAY
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 59 next birdiday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 60 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 61 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 62 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 63 next birdiday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 64 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the ease of an officer whose
contributions will cease when he is aged 65 next birthday, after 35 years
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE B-Contd.
This section of Table B is applicable only in the case of an olficer whose
contributions will cease on his 65th birthday, before completion of 35 years'
contributions.
The Yearly Pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION of 1, payable also by monthly instalments, will secure.
TABLE C.
The SINGLE PAYMENT which will secure a YEARLY PENSION of 1,
payable by monthly instalments.
PART 11.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF PENSION TABLES.
The calculation of the amount of the pension that will or may become
payable at the death of a contributor should not be delayed until such death has
actually occurred; but records should be kept in which full particulars in respect of
each contributor should be entered, and in these records should be recorded against
every married or widower conuibutor the amount of the pension which would
become payable should he die immediately, leaving a widow or orphans entitled to
such pension. The amount of the pension per annum so entered in the records
against a contributor (which in these Instructions is referred to as his 'registered
pension') should be calculated, and re-calculated as often as may be necessary, in
accordance with these Instructions.
Note 1. The pension, if any, (including all variations consequent upon the rise or
fall in the amount of any contribution or upon remarriage) in respect
of every officer who has ceased to contribute and whose last
contributions fell due on or before the 30th day of June 1959 shall be
calculated or continue to be calculated on and in accordance with the
pension tables and rules for calculating pensions in force on the 30th
day of June 1959.
Note 2. The pension, if any, (including variations consequent upon the rise or fall
in the amount of any contribution which fell due on or before the 30th
day of June 1959, but not which falls due on or after the 1st day of July
1959, and including variations consequent upon re-marriage on or
before the 30th day of June 1959, but not upon re-marriage on or after
the 1st day of July 1959) in respect of every officer (other than an
officer who was a bachelor on the 30th day of June 1959) who
commenced to contribute before, and was still a contributor on, the 1st
day of July 1959 shall be calculated in two parts in the manner
indicated in the examples given in section G of this Part, namely
(a)the part purchased by contributions which fell due on or
before the 30th day of June 1959, which shall be ascertained
by subtracting the annual pension, calculated on and in
accordance with the pension tables and rules for calculating
pensions in force on the 30th day of June 1959, which would
be payable to beneficiaries of the officer in the event of the
officer making no further contributions after the 30th day of
June 1959, from the annual pension, similarly calculated,
which would have become payable to beneficiaries of the
officer if he had died on the 30th day of June 1959; and
(b)the part purchased by contributions falling due on or after the
1st day of July 1959, which shall be calculated on the section
of Table B in Part 1 of this Schedule which contains in the
heading the age next birthday of the officer at the date of
completion of his period of contribution or, where
completion of the period of contribution occurs on his
attaining the age of sixty-five years without his having
contributed for thirty-five successive years, on the last section
of Table B in Part 1 of this Schedule, such calculation being
based on the annual contribution of the officer as at the 30th
day of June 1959;
and if Part (b), so calculated, is not less than it would be if it were
similarly calculated on the appropriate section of Table B of the
pension tables in force on the 30th day of June 1959 it shall be added to
Part (a); otherwise, Part (b) shall be similarly calculated on the
appropriate section of Table B of the pension tables in force on the
30th day of June 1959 and the amount thereof added to Part (a).
amount of any contribution or upon re-marriage) in respect of the
following officers shall be calculated on and in accordance with the
Tables and Instructions set forth in this Schedule, that is to say
(a)the pension, if any, in respect of every officer who
commenced to contribute on or after the 1st day of July
1959; and
(b)the pension, if any, in respect of every officer who, being a
bachelor, marries on or after the 1st day of July 1959, in
relation to contributions paid both before and after marriage
and whether or not he commenced to contribute before the
1st day of July 1959.
Note 4. The Tables and Instructions set forth in this Schedule shall apply
(a)to the pension, if any, in respect of every officer who
commenced to contribute before, and was still a contributor
on, the 1st day of July 1959, for the purpose of calculating
variations when the amount of his contributions rises or falls
on or after that date; and
(b)to the pension, if any, of every officer, being an officer who
commenced to contribute before, and was still a contributor
on, the 1st day of July 1959, who on the 30th day of June
1959 was a widower, for the purpose of calculating variations
consequent upon his remarriage on or after the 1st day of July
1959, if he remarries on or after that date.
SECTION A-CONTRIBUTOR W140 COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE
A BACHELOR OR WHILE A WIDOWER WITHOUT ANY
CHILD OF PENSIONABLE AGE.
Note 1. In this section
'first wife', in the case of an officer who commenced to contribute
while a widower without any child of pensionable age, means the
first wife married by such officer after his commencing to
contribute; and
'marriage', in the case of an officer who commenced to contribute
while a widower without any child of pensionable age, means the
first marriage of such officer after his commencing to contribute.
Note 2. No registered pension is to be recorded unless and until the contributor
marries.
I-FiRsT WIFeS PROSPECTIVE PENSION.
The registered pension to be recorded on marriage is found by adding together
the two amounts calculated in accordance with the following rules 1(a) and I(b),
respectively
(a) Pension in consideration of the contributions paid before marriage.
RULE 1(a) Increase each contribution by 50 per cent (being Government's
contribution); then accumulate the contributions (so
increased) at 31 per cent, compound interest, with yearly rests
at each 31st December; and then multiply the result by the
quantity found from Table A corresponding to the respective
ages next birthday of the husband and wife at the date of
marriage.
The product gives the registered pension on account of
the contributions paid before marriage.
(b)Pension in consideration of the annual contribution current at the date of
marriage.
RULE I(b) Increase the amount of the current annual contribution (which is
obtained by multiplying by 12 the amount of the last monthly
contribution) by 50 per cent (being Government's
contribution); then turn to the section of Table B which
contains in the heading the age next birthday of the husband
at the date of completion of his period of contribution, or,
where completion of the period of contribution occurs on his
attaining the age of 65 years without his having contributed
for 35 successive years, turn to the last section of Table B,
and multiply the amount of the current annual contribution
(so increased) by the quantity found from that section
corresponding to the respective ages next birthday of the
husband and wife at the date of marriage.
The product gives the registered pension on account of
the annual contribution current at the date of marriage.
EXAMPLE
Officer born on .........31st July 1932
Officer commenced to contribute on 1st April 1958
Officer married on ......30th June 1962
Annual contribution, 1st April 1958 to 31st
December 1960 ...........5400
Annual contribution, 1st January 1961 to date
of marriage .............5500
Date of completion of cortribution period 1st April 1993
Wife born on ............31st August 1942
Officer's age next birthday at date of marriage 30
Officer's age next birthday at completion of
contribution period .....61
Wife's age next birthday at date of marriage 20
Application of rule l(a).
Increase and accumulation of contributions paid before marriage
1st April 1958 to 31st December
1958 .................... 5300 increased
.....................by 50' 1 to 450.00
...................../0
Contributions during 1959 5400 increased
by 50 to.................... 600.00
One year's interest at 31 on $450 5 15.75
51,065.75
Contributions during 1960 ....... $400 increased
by 50% to..................... 600.00
One year's interest at 31 on $1,065.75 $_37.30
$1,703.05
Contributions during 1961 $500 increased
.............................by 50% to 5 750.00
One year's interest at 31 on $1,703.05 ......... 5 59.61
$2,512.66
Contribution from 1st January 1962 to
30th June 1962 (i.e. date of marriage) ... $250 increased
by 50% to..................... 375.00
Half-year's interest at 3~% on $2,512.66 5 43.97
$2,931.63
Quantity found from Table A-
Husband ....30 264
Wife* ......20}
Then the registered pension in consideration of contributions paid before
marriage $2,931.63 x .264
$773.95
Application of rule I(b).
Annual contribution current at date of marriage $500
Current annual contribution increased by 50% . 5750
Quantity found from Table B, section for officers aged 61 next birth-
day at completion of period of contribution-
Husband ....30 4.81
Wife* ......20
Then the registered pension in consideration of annual contribution current at
marriage $750 < 4.81
$3,607.50
Total registered pension to be recorded on the contributor marrying
By rule l(a) . 773.95
By rule l(b) .$3,607.50
Total ..........$4,381 .45
(c)Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the
current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his first wife.
RULE I(c) Increase the amount of the increment to, or the decrement from,
the current annual contribution (which is obtained by
multiplying by 12 the amount of the last monthly
contribution) by 50 per cent; then turn to the section of Table
B which contains in the heading the age next birthday of the
husband at the date of completion of his period of
contribution, or, where completion of the period of
contribution occurs on his attaining the age of 65 years
without his having contributed for 35 successive years, turn to
the last section of Table B, and multiply the amount of the
increment or decrement (so increased) by the quantity found
from that section corresponding to the respective ages next
birthday of the husband and wife at the date of the variation of
the contribution.
The product gives the amount to be added to the
registered pension consequent on the increment to the current
annual contribution, or, as the case may be, the amount to be
deducted from the registered pension consequent on the
decrement from the current annual contribution.
The cessation of the contribution from any cause, other
than by reason of the death of the contributor, before the
completion of the full period of contribution must be regarded
as a decrement from the current annual contribution equal to
the amount of such current annual contribution.
Note-Where the age is not given in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples
given in section F.
EXAMPLE-
Assume particulars as in example subjoined to rules I(a) and l(b).
Annual contribution increases on 31st May 1967 from $500 to $700
Annual contribution decreases on 30th April 1972 from $700 to $600
Annual contribution ceases on 31st March 1977.
31st May 1967, increment to current annual contribution 5200
Increase of the increment (50%) ..$300
Quantity found from Table B, section for officers aged 61 next birth-
day at completion of period of contribution-
Husband ....35 3.85
WThen amount to be added to the registered pension $300 x 3.85
$1,155.00
Registered pension at marriage (see example subjoined to rules
I(a) and I(b) .............54,381.45
Add .......................51,155.00
Registered pension at 31st May 1967 $5,536.45
30th April 1972, decrement from current annual contribution ... $100
Increase of the decrement (50 %) .5150
Quantity found from Table B, section for officers aged 61 next birth-
day at completion of period of contribution-
Husband ....401 2.99
Wife* ......30
Then amount to be deducted from the registered pension 5150 , 2.99
$448.50
Registered pension at 31st May 1967 55,536.45
Deduct .............................5 448.50
Registered pension at 30th April 1972 55,087.95
31st March 1977, cessation of contribution regarded as decre
ment from current annual contribution $600
Increase of the decrement (50%) ...$900
Quantity found from Table B, section for officers aged 61 next birth-
day at completion of period of contribution-
Husband ....451 2.20
WThen amount to be deduced from the registered pension 5900 X 2.20
$1,980.00
Registered pension at 30th April 1972 55,087,95
Deduct .............................$1,980.00
Registered pension at 31st March 1977 53,107.95
II SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE
PENSION.
(a)Variations of pension consequent upon increments to, and decrements from,
the current annual contribution while the contributor is a widower.
RULE ll(a) Assume that the contributor is married to a wife of the age that
his last preceding wife would have been had she survived to the
date of the variation of the contribution, and proceed in
accordance with rule I(c).
Note-Where the age is not given in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples
given in section F.
EXAMPLE
If the particulars be as in the example subjoined to rule I(c), except that
the first wife, who was born on 3 1st August 1942, dies on 30th November
1962, it would be assumed that the contributor was at the date of each of the
three variations of the contribution married to a wife who was born on 31st
August 1942. The calculations will then be identical with those given in the
example subjoined to rule I(c).
(b) Variations of Pension consequent on the re-marriage of the contributor.
Note-No variation of the registered pension is to be recorded if the second or
subsequent wife was at the date of the re-marriage of the same age next
birthday as the last preceding wife would have been had she survived to
that date.
RULE Il(b) -If the second, or subsequent, wife was at the date of the re-
marriage of a lesser or greater age next birthday than the last
preceding wife would have been had she survived to that date,
multiply the amount of the registered pension by the quantity
found from Table C corresponding to the age next birthday of
the husband at the date of remarriage, and the age next
birthday which the last preceding wife would have attained had
she survived to that date; then multiply the product so
obtained by the quantity found from Table A corresponding to
the respective ages next birthday of the husband and of the
second, or subsequent, wife at the date of the re-marriage.
The result gives the registered pension to be recorded on
the re-marriage of the contributor.
EXAMPLE
Assume particulars as in the example subjoined to rules I(a) and l(b).
First wife dies on ....30th November 1962
Contributor re-marries on 31st January 1967
Contributor's age next birthday at date of
the re-marriage .......35
Second wife born on ...30th June 1947
Second wife's age next birthday at date of
the re-marriage .......20
Age next birthday which the first wife would
have attained had she survived to date
of the re-marriage ....25
31st January 1967 (i.e. date of re-marriage)-The second wife being of a
less age next birthday at the date of the re-marriage than the first wife
would have been had she survived, the registered pension of $4,381,45
(see example subjoined to rules I(a) and I(b)) is to be re-calculated as
follows
Quantity found from Table C-
Husband ..35 4.25
First wife* 25
Quantity found from Table A-
Husband 351 .209
Second wiRegistered pension at 31st January 1967 54,381.45 x 4.25 x .209
$3,891.82
Note-Where the age is not given in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples
given in ~on F.
(c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from,
the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his second,
or subsequent, wife.
RULE II(c) Proceed as in rule l(c)
SECTION B CONTRIBUTOR WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE
WHILE MARRIED.
wife at the date of commencement of the contribution is to be considered as
the officer's first wife, and no particulars are to be recorded respecting any
former wife to whom he may have been married unless there is issue of such
former wife of a pensionable age, in which case the matter is regulated by
sections 21, 22, 24, 25 and 28 of the Ordinance (see Section D-Pensions to
orphan children).
III FIRST WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.
(a) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution current at the date of
commencement of the contribution.
RULE III(a)-Increase the amount of the current annual contribution (which is
obtained by multiplying by 12 the amount of the last monthly
contribution) by 50 per cent (being Government's
contribution); then turn to the section of Table B which
contains in the heading the age next birthday of the husband
at the date of completion of his period of contribution, or
where completion of the period of contribution occurs on his
attaining the age of 65 years without his having contributed
for 35 successive years, turn to the last section of Table B,
and multiply the amount of the current annual contribution
(so increased) by the quantity found from that section
corresponding to the respective ages next birthday of the
husband and wife at the date of commencement of the
contribution.
The product gives the registered pension on account of
the annual contribution current at the date of com
mencement of the contribution.
EXAMPLE-
Officer born on ...........31st August 1919
Officer married on ........30th June 1948
Officer commenced to contribute on 31st July 1959
Annual contribution current on 31st July 1959 $400
Date of completion of contribution period 31st August 1984
Wife born on ..............31st October 1929
Officer's age next birthday on 31st July 1959 40
Officer's age next birthday at completion of con-
tribution period ..........65
Wife's age next birthday on 31st July 1959 30
31st July 1959, current annual contribution 5400
Current annual contribution increased by 50% to 5600
Quantity found from Table B, section for officers who cease to con-
tribute on attaining the age of 65 years without having contributed
for 35 successive years (ie. the last section)-
Husband .....40 3.33
Wife* .......301
Registered pension in consideration of annual contribution current at
commencement of contribution $600 x 3.33
$1,998.00
Note-Where the age is not given in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples
given in section F.
(b)Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the
current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his first wife.
RULE III(b)-Proceed as in rule I(c)
IV SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.
(a)Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the
current annual contribution while the contributor is a widower.
RULE IV(a)-Proceed as in rule Il(a).
(b)Variations of pension consequent on the re-marriage of the contributor.
RULE IV(b)-Proceed as in rule ll(b).
(c)Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the
current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his second, or
subsequent, wife.
RULE IV(c)-Proceed as in rule I(c).
SECTION C-CONTRIBUTOR WHO COMMENCED TO CONTRIBUTE WHILE
A WIDOWER WITH A CHILD OR CHILDREN OF
PENSIONABLE AGE.
V SECOND, AND SUBSEQUENT, WIFE'S PROSPECTIVE PENSION.
RULE V-For the purpose of calculating the registered pension assume that the
deceased wife survived to the date of commencement of the
contribution and died immediately afterwards; then proceed in
accordance with the rules applicable to the case of officers who
commenced to contribute while married (see Section B).
SECTION D-PENSION TO ORPHAN CHILDREN.
Pensions to orphan children are regulated by sections 21, 22, 24, 25 and
28 of the Ordinance.
SECTION E CONTRIBUTOR TRANSFERRED TO THE SERVICE OF
ANOTHER COLONY.
Throughout these Instructions and the examples given the calculations
depend, not on the official income of the contributor, but on the amount of
his contribution so that the transfer of an officer to another service does not
affect his registered pension unless the amount of his current annual
contribution is varied, in which case the proper adjustment is to be made in
accordance with the preceding rules.
SECTION F -CALCULATION OF QUANTITIES (OR TABULAR RESULTS)
FOR AGES NOT GIVEN IN THE TABLES.
TABLE A-This Table gives every age of the husband from 18 to 65; and every
fifth age of the wife from 15 to 80. Ages of husbands and wives
younger than the youngest or older than the oldest ages quoted in the
Table are to be dealt with as if identical with the youngest and oldest
ages respectively as shown in the Table.
For the intermediate ages of wives, interpolate by exact fifths
but where to do so would give a figure of more than three decimal
points, that figure shall be taken to its nearest thousandth part of a
unit.
EXAMPLE-
To find the quantity corresponding to the ages of a husband and wife
aged, respectively, 25 and 19 next birthday
The quantity for ages 25 and 15 next birthday given in the
Table is............................................................................................. .294
The quantity for ages 25 and 20 next birthday given in the
Table is ........................334
So that the addition of 5 years to the age of the wife results in an
addition of .04 to the quantity given in the Table for ages 25 and 15
next birthday.
An addition of 4 years to the age of the wife accordingly results by
proportion in an addition of four-fifths of .04 to the quantity given in
the Table for the ages 25 and 15 next birthday.
Four-fifths of .04 .032, which when added to .294 gives .326 which is
the required quantity corresponding to ages 25 and 19 next birthday.
TABLE B-This Table is divided into twelve sections. The first eleven sections are
respectively applicable to officers who will be aged next birthday 55,
56, 57, and so on for each year up to 65, when they complete their
period of contribution after having contributed for 35 successive
years. The twelfth section is applicable to officers who will cease to
contribute on attaining the age of 65 years without having
contributed for 35 successive years.
In each section quantities are given for consecutive ages of the
husband, and for every fifth ages of the wife.
Age of the wife younger than the youngest or older than the
oldest age quoted in whichever section of Table B is applicable in the
circumstance of the case in question are to be dealt with as if identical
with the youngest and oldest age respectively as shown in the Table.
For the intermediate ages of wives, interpolate by exact fifths in
the manner indicated in the example given for Table A in this
section, but where to do so would give a figure of more than two
decimal points, that figure shall be taken to its nearest hundredth part
of a unit. Thus, the quantity found from the first section of Table B
(age 55 next birthday) corresponding to the ages of a husband and
wife aged respectively 40 and 33 next birthday is three-fifths of A,
added to 2.39, which gives 2.63.
For officers who commence to contribute at an earlier age than
20 next birthday the method of calculation given in the subjoined
example is to be followed.
EXAMPLE (1)-
An officer aged 17 next birthday, having a wife aged 17 next birthday,
commences to contribute. Assume that the officer is aged 20 next birthday
and apply the first section of Table B. The quantity thus found is 7.67 (i.e.
7.23 two-fifths of 1.1).
This officer receives an increment of salary at age 22 next birthday,
when his wife's age is also 22 next birthday. Assume that his age is 25 next
birthday (i.e. his actual age next birthday plus the difference between his actual
age next birthday at date of commencement of contribution and the age of 20
next birthday, which in this Example is 3). On this assumption, the quantity
found from the same section of Table B will be 6.44 (i.e. 6.04 two-fifths of
1).
EXAMPLE (2)-
An officer aged 19 next birthday commences to contribute as a bachelor.
and five years later, when aged 24 next birthday, marries, his wife's age being
20 next birthday. The quantity found from Table A in accordance with rule
I(a) will be taken for the actual ages next birthday (husband 24 andwife20)and
will be.351. With respect to the current annual contribution at marriage,
assume that the officer's age next birthday is 25 (i.e. his
actual age next birthday plus the difference between his actual age next
birthday at date of commencement of contribution and the age of 20 next
birthday, which in this Example is 1) so that the quantity found from the first
section of Table B will be 6.04.
This officer receives an increment of salary when aged 39 next birthday,
when his wife's age is 35 next birthday. Assume as before that the ages next
birthday are 40 and 35, so that the quantity found from the same section of
Table B will be 2.79.
account of the actual number of years for which the annual contribution will
run. In Example (1), when the officer receives the increment of salary at
the age 22 next birthday he has contributed for five years, so that at the
expiration of 30 years from then his contribution will cease. Similarly, in
Example (2), when the officer marries at age 24 next birthday, he also has
contributed for five years, so that although he is two years older than the
officer in Example (1), yet the unexpired period of contribution is the same
in each case. (If the wife's age were also the same in each of these two cases,
no important error would be involved in using the same tabular quantity for
the two cases).
TABLE C-The quantities are given for the same ages as in Table A. Ages of
husbands and wives younger than the youngest or older than the
oldest age quoted in the Table are to be dealt with as in using Table A.
For the intermediate ages of wives, interpolate by exact fifths,
but where to do so would give a figure of more than two decimal
points, that figure shall be taken to its nearest hundredth part of a
unit. It must be noted, however, that in this Table an addition to the
age of the wife results in a deduction from the quantity given in the
Table.
EXAMPLE-
To find the quantity corresponding to the ages of a husband and
wife aged respectively 37 and 29 next birthday-
The quantity for ages 37 and 25 next birthday given in the
Table is .........................4.68
The quantity for ages 37 and 30 next birthday given in the
Table is .........................4.08
So that the addition of five years to the age of the wife results in a
deduction of .6 from the quantity given in the Table for ages 37 and 25
next birthday.
An addition of four years to the age of the wife accordingly results by
proportion in a deduction of four-fifths of .6 from the quantity given
in the Table for ages 37 and 25 next birthday.
Four-fifths of .6 .48, which deducted from 4.68 leaves 4.2, which is the
required quantity corresponding to the ages 37 and 29 next birthday.
SECTION C-CONTRIBUTOR (EXCLUDING A CONTRIBUTOR WHO WAS A
BACHELOR ON 30TH JUNE 1959) WHO COMMENCED TO
CONTRIBUTE BEFORE, AND WAS STILL A CONTRIBUTOR
ON, 1ST JULY 1959.
namely, the part purchased by contributions which fell due on or before the
30th June 1959, and the part purchased by contributions falling due on or
after 1st day of July 1959, the first part on the Table in force on 30th June
1959 and the second part on the Tables in Part 1 of
this Schedule, unless the registered pension at the 30th June 1959
(calculated on the Table in force on 30th June 1959) exceeds the registered
pension as calculated in two parts as stated in this Note in which case the
former is to be retained as the registered pension of the officer as at the
30th June 1959. Variations in the registered pension consequent upon the
rise or fall in contributions on or after the 1st July 1959 or resulting from
the re-marriage of the officer on or after that date are, however, to be
calculated on and in accordance with the
Tables and Instructions in this Schedule.
EXAMPLE
Officer born on ...........31st July 1920
Officer married on ........30th June 1945
Officer commenced to contribute on 1st April 1946
Annual contribution as at 30th June 1959 $1,500
Wife born on ..............31st August 1921
Registered pension as at 30th June 1959 (calculated
on Tables in force on that date) 510.785
Quantity found from Table B in force on 30th June 1959, section for
officers aged 61 next birthday when they complete their period of
contribution
Husband aged 39 next birthday on 1st July 1959 4 50
Wife* aged 38 next birthday on same date
Therefore, on the Tables in force on 30th June 1959, the part of the
registered pension to be purchased by contribution falling due on or
after the l st July 1959 is $1,500---4.50, i.e. $6.750.
Therefore, on the same Tables, the part of the registered pension
purchased by contributions which fall due on or before 30th June 1959
is 510,785 minus $6,750, i.e. $4,035.
Quantity found from Table B in this Schedule, section for officers aged
61 next birthday when they complete their period of contribution
Husband aged 39 next birthday on 1st July 1959 4
Wife* aged 38 next birthday on same date 27
Therefore, on the Tables in this Schedule, the amount of the registered
pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July
1959 is $1,500 5750 (i.e. 50% increase of annual contribution)
52,250 x 4.27, i.e. $9,607.50.
As, in this example, the part of the registered pension to be purchased by
contributions falling due on or after 1st July 1959, when calculated on
the Tables in this Schedule, is greater than the same part when
calculated on the Tables in force on 30th June 1959, it is to be added to
the part purchased by contributions which fell due on or
before 30th June 1959.
Thus, the registered pension in this example, as at 30th
June 1959 is ................ 4,035.00
9,607.50
Total .......$13,642.50
Note-Where the age is not given en in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples given in
section F.
EXAMPLE (2)-
Officer born on .........31st July 1907
Officer commences contributing I st April 1927
Officer marries on ......30th June 1947
Wife born on ............31st August 1927
Age next birthday of officer on date of completion
of contribution period ..55
Age next birthday of officer on I st July 1959 52
Age next birthday of wife on 1st July 1959 32
Annual contribution as at 30th June 1959 51,200
Registered pension as at 30th June 1959 (calculated
on Tables in force on that date) $16,000
Quantity found from Table B in force on 30th June 1959, section for
officers aged 55 next birthday when they complete their period of
contribution
Husband aged 52 next birthday on 1st July 1959 73
Wife* aged 32 next birthday on same date
Therefore, on the Tables in force on 30th June 1959, the part of the
registered pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or
after I st July 1959 is A.' .73, i.e. $876.00
Therefore, on the same Tables, the part purchased by contributions
which fell due on or before 30th June 1959 is $16,000 minus 5876, i.e.
$15,124.00.
Quantity found from Table B in this Schedule, section for officers aged 55
next birthday when they complete their period of contribution
Husband aged 52 next birthday on 1st July 1959
Wife* aged 32 next birthday on same date a 36
Therefore, on the Tables in this Schedule, the amount of the registered
pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July
1959 is $1,200 5600 (i.e. 50% increase of annual contribution)
$1,800 x .36, i.e. $648.00
This is less than the same part as calculated on the Tables in force on
30th June 1959.
Therefore, the part to be purchased by contributions failing due on or
after the 1st July 1959 is to be calculated on the Tables in force on
30th June 1959, and added to the part purchased by contributions which
fell due on or before 30th June 1959.
Thus, the registered pension in this example, as at 30th
June 1959, is .................$15,124.00
............................... 876.00
Total .........................$16,000.00
In other words, the total registered pension as at the 30th June 1959, as
calculated on the Tables then in force, is to be retained.
(Schedule added, 72 of 1967, s. 13)
Note-Where the age is not given in the Tables, proceed as illustrated in the general examples given in section F.
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