PENSIONS ORDINANCE

PENSIONS ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 89.
PENSIONS.

To consolidate and amend the law regulating the granting of
pensions, gratuities and other allowances in, respect of pulic
service.

[9th December, 1949.]

1. This Ordinance may bc cited as the Pensions
Ordinance.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires, the following expressions have the meanings
hereby respectively assigned to thern, that is to say-

'pensionable office' means-

(a) in respect of service in this Colony an officer which -

(i) by virtue of provision for the time being in force in an Order made by the
Governor in Council and published in the Gazette, is declared to be a pensionable
office; and any such Order may specify a date prior to such Order from which the
office is deemed to be a pensionable office; and any such Order may from time to
time be amended, added to, or revoked by an Order so made and published; but where
by virtue of any such amendment or revocation any office ceases to be a pensionable
office, then so long as any person holding that office at the time of the
amendment or revocation continues therein, the office shall, as respects that
persons, continue to be a pensionable office; or

(ii) immediately preceding the commencement of this Ordinance was pensionable
whether to holders of such office generally or to a particular holder; and such
office shall continue to be pensionable until declared to be no longer pensionable
by an Order made by the Governor in Council and published in the Gazette; and such
Order shall have the like effect as an Order made under sub-paragraph (i) hereof
revoking an Order made under this Ordinance: Provided that no declaration that
any office is a pensionable office shall be deemed

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to imply that any holder thereof who is riot on the permanent establishment of the Colon, at the date of his retirement shall be pensionable;
(b) in respect of other public service an office which is for the time being a pensionable office under the

or regulations in force in such service;

'non-pensionable' means an office which is not 'I pensionable office;

'pensionable emoluments' means

(a) in respect of service in this Colony substantive
salary, expatriation pay and personal allowance but
does not include any other emoluments whatever :
Provided that where this Ordinance requires the
pensionable emoluments received at a date prior to
the 1st day of January, 1947, by an officer to whom
the Pensions Ordinance, 1932, applied, to bc taken (21 nf 1932)
into account, the interpretation given to the words

'pensionable emoluments' in the said Ordinance -

shall be applied to such emoluments;

(b) in respect of other public service emoluments which count for pension in accordance with the law or regulations in force in such service;

ils.~lary' means the salary attached to a pensionable office or, where provision is made for taking service in a nonpensionable office into account as pensionable service, the salary attached to that office;

'personal allowance' means a special addition to salary granted personally to the holder for the time being of the office, but does not include such an addition if it is granted subject to the condition that it shall not be pensionable;

'expatriation pay' means a special addition to salary granted in accordance with the General Orders of this Colony governing such pay;

'Secretary of State' means one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State;

'public service' means service in a civil capacity under the Government of this Colony or the Government of any other part of the Commonwealth, or of the New Hebrides or the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, or service which is

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pensionable under the Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1925 or
any Act amending or replacing the same, or under the Colonial
Superannuation Scheme, or in a Colonial University College or
pensionable employment under a local authority in the United
Kingdom, or in such other service as the Secretary of State may
determine to be 'public service' for the purpose of any provision
of (his Ordinance, and, except for the purposes of computation of
pension or gratuity and of section 9 of this Ordinance, includes
service as a Governor-General, Governor or High Commissioner in
any part of the Commonwealth, or the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan;

'public service in a civil capacity under the Government of this
Colony' shall be deemed to include, as service in a non-
pensionable office

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

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

when such service has been followed without a break by service
under the Government of this Colony; and the period from
the 25th day of December, 1941, to the 31st day of March 1947,
shall be subject to the provisions of section 18 hereof as though
such service prior to the 25th day of December, 1941, as is
included in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof, was service under the
Governnient of this Colony;

'other public service' means public service not under the Governnient
of this Colony.

(2) For the avoidance of doubts it is liereby declared that, where an
officer has been confirmed in a pensionable office and is thereafter
appointed to another pensionable office, then, unless the terms of
such appointment otherwise require, such last mentioned office is, for
the purposes of this Ordinance, an office in which he has been
confirmed.

3. (1) Pensions, gratuities and other allowances may be granted by
the Governor in accordance with the reguhations under this Ordinance
to officers who have been in the





service of this Colony and to the dependants of such persons where
such service is terminated by death : Provided that. where a pension,
gratuity or other allowance is expressed to be grantable by the
Governor in Council such pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be
granted only by the Governor in Council.

The said regulations may from time to time be amended
added to, or revoked by regulations made by the Governor in Council
with the sanction of the Secretary of State, and all regulations so made
shall be published in the Gazette and laid before the Legislative
Council.

(2) The expression 'this Ordinance' shall, wherever it occurs in
this Ordinance, bc construed as including a reference to the
regulations made hereunder.

(3) Whenever the Governor in Council is satisfied that it is
equitable that anv regulation made under this section should have
retrospective effect in order to confer a benefit upon or remove a
disability attaching to any person that regulation may be given
retrospective effect for that purpose : Provided that no such regulation
shall have retrospective effect unless it has received the prior approval
of the Legislative Council signified by resolution.

(4) Any pension or gratuity granted to any officer under this
Ordinance shall be computed in accordance with the provisions
relating to such officer which are in force at the actual date of his
retirement.

4. There shall be charged on and paid out of the general revenues
of this Colony all such sums of money as may from time to time be
granted by way of pension, gratuity
or other allowance in pursuance of this Ordinance.

5. (1) No officer shall have an absolute right to compensation for
past services or to pension, gratuity, or other allowance; nor shall
anything in this Ordinance affect the right of the Crown to dismiss any
officer at any time and without compensation.

(2) Where it is established to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council
that an officer has been guilty of negligence, irregularity or misconduct,
the pension, gratuity, or other allowance may be reduced or altogether withheld
and if an officer is dismissed from the service of this Colony
for such negligence, irregularity or misconduct, no pension,
gratuity or other allowance shall be granted, unless in any
special case the Governor in Council with the approval of
the Secretary of State otherwise directs.

6. Unless otherwise provided under this Ordinance or
regulations made hereunder no pension, gratuity or other
allowance shall be granted under this Ordinance to any
officer holding a pensionable office except on his retirement
from the public service in one of the following cases-

(a) on or after attaining the normal age of retirement,
as provided in section 8 hereof, or the age of 45
years when such retirement is with the approval of
the Governor and, if such officer was appointed with
the approval of the Secretary of State and has not
attained the normal age of retirement, when such
retirement is with the approval of the Governor and
Secretary of State;

(b) in the case of transfer to other public service, on or
after attaining the age at which he is permitted by
the law or regulations of the service in which he is
last employed to retire on pension or gratuity;

(c) on the abolition of his office;

(d) on compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating
improvement in the organization of the department to which
he belongs, by which greater efficiency or economy may be effected;

(e) on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the
Governor or the Secretary of State that he is incapable
by reason of any infirmity of mind or body or discharging
the duties of his office and that such infirmity is
likely to be permanent;

(f) in the case of removal on the ground of inefficiency
as provided in this Ordinance;

(g) on retirement in circumstances, not mentioned in
the preceding paragraphs of this section, rendering
him eligible for a pension under the the Pensions
(Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts, 1911 to 1947:

Provided that a gratuity may be granted to a female
officer, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance
who retires for the reason that she has married or is about




to marry, notwithstanding that she is not otherwise eligible under this
section for the grant of any pension, gratuity or other allowance.

7. Where an officer is removed from his office on the ground of
his inability to discharge efficiently the duties thereof, and a pension,
gratuity or other allowance cannot otherwise be granted to him under
the provisions of this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, if he
considers it justifiable having regard to all the circumstances of the
case, grant such pension, gratuity or other allowance as he thinks just
and proper, not exceeding in amount that for which the officer would
be eligible if he retired from the public service in the circumstances
described in paragraph (e) of the preceding section.

8. (1) The normal age of retirement of an officer holding a
pensionable office, other than a judge, shall be on attaining the age of
55 years in the case of a male officer and on attaining the age of So
years in the case of a female officer: Provided that the Governor in
Council may approve any such officer's continued service in this
Colony after attaining such age.

(2) It shall be lawful for the, Governor in Council to require an
officer holding a pensionable office, other than a judge, to retire from
the service of this Colony in any of the following cases

(a) at any time after he attains the age of 45 years:
Provided that retirement under this paragraph shall
in addition be approved by the Secretary of State
if such officer has not attained the normal age of
retirement and such officer's appointment was with
the approval of the Secretary of State; or

(b)on the marriage of a female officer who has entered public
service after the 23rd day of June, 1932; or

(c)if he appears to the Governor to be unable to discharge
efficiently the duties of his office.

9. (1) Except in cases provided for by subsection (2) of this section,
a pension granted to an officer under this





Ordinance shall not exceed two-thirds of the highest pensionable
emoluments drawn by him at any time in the course of his service in
this Colony.

(2) An officer who shall have been granted a pension in respect of
other public service shall not at any time draw from the funds of this
Colony an amount of pension which, when added to the amount of any pension
or pensions drawn in respect of other public service, exceeds two-thirds
of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by him at any time in the
course of his public service: Provided that where an officer receives
in respect of some period of public service both a gratuity and a pension,
the amount of such pension shall be deemed for the purpose of this subsection
to be four-third of its actual amount.

(3) Where the limitation prescribed by the preceding subsection operates,
the amount of the pension to be drawn from the funds of this Colony shall be
subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, in order that it may be
determined with due regard to the amount of any pension or pensions to be
drawn in respect of other public service.

(4) For the purposes of the preceding subsections and additional pension
granted in respect of injury shall not be taken into account; but where the
officer is granted such an additional pension under this Ordinance, the amount
thereof together with the remainder of his pension or pensions shall
not exceed five-sixths of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by him
at any time in the course of his public service.

10. (1) Every pension granted to an officer under this Ordinance shall be subject
to the condition unless or until he has attained the age of 45 years, he may, if
physically fit for service, be called upon by the Secretary of State to accept,
in lieu of his pension, an office, whether in this Colony or in other public service,
not less in value, due regard being had to circumstances of climate, than the office
which he held at the date of his retirement, and if a pensioner so called upon declines
to accept such office the payment of his pension may be suspended until he has attained
the age of 45 years.

(2) The provisions of the foregoing subsection shall not apply in any case where the
Governor, being of opinion that the officer is not qualified for other employment in
the public




service or that there is no reason to expect that lie can be shortly re-
employed therein otherwise directs.

11. If an officer to whom a pension has been granted under this
Ordinance or an Ordinance repealed hereby is appointed to another
office in the public service, the payment of his pension may, with his
consent, if the Governor in Council thinks fit, be suspended during the
period of his re-employment.

12. A pension, gratuity or other allowance granted under this
Ordinance shall not be assignable or transferable except for the
purpose of satisfying

(a) a debt due to the Government; or

(b)an order of any court for the payment of periodical sums of
money towards the maintenance of the wife or former wife or
nilnor child of the officer to whom the pension, gratuity or
other allowance has been granted;

and shall not be liable to be attached, sequentered or levied
upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatever except
a debt due to the Government.

13. (1) If any person to whom a pension or other allowance lias
been granted under this Ordinance is adjudicated bankrupt or is declared
insolvent by judgment of any competent court, then such pension or
allowance shall forthwith cease.

(2) If any person is adjudicated bankrupt or, declared insolvent as
aforesaid either

(a)after retirement in circumstances in which he is eligible for
pension or allowance under this Ordinance but before the
pension or allowance is granted ; or

(b)before such retirement and he shall not have obtained his
discharge from bankruptcy or insolvency at the date of
retirement;

then, in the former case any pension or allowance eventually granted
to him shall cease as from the date of adjudication or declaration as the
case may be and, in the latter case, the pension or allowance may be
granted, but shall cease forthwith and not become payable.

(3) Where a pension or allowance ceases by reason of this section, it shall be lawful for
the Secretary of State, or if the person in question is resident in this Colony, the
Governo, from time to time during the remainder of such person's life, or during such
shorter period or periods, either continuous or discontinuous, as the Secretary of State
or the Governor, as the case may be, shall think fit, to direct all or any part of the
moneys to which such person would have been entitled by way of pension or allowance, had
he not become entitled by way of pension or allowance, had he not become bankrupt or
insolvent, to be paid to, or applied for the maintenance or benefit of all or any to the
exclusion of the other or others, of the following, that is to say, such person and any
wife, child or children of his, in such proportions and manner as the Secretary of State
or the Governor, as the case may be, thinks proper, and such moneys shall be paid or applied
accordingly.

(4) Moneys applied for the discharge of the debts of the person whoses pension or allowance
has so ceased shall, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as applied for his
benefit.

(5) When a person whose pension or allowance has so ceased obtains his discharge from
bankruptcy or insolvency, it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State or, if such
person is resident in this Colony, the Governor, to direct that the pension or allowance
shall be restored as from the date of such discharge or any later date, and the pension or
allowance shall be restored accordingly.

14. (1) If any person to whom a pension or other allowance has been granted under this
Ordinance is sentenced to death or a term of imprisonment by any competent court for any
offence, such pension or allowance shall, if the Secretary of State, or if such person
is resident in this Colony the Governor, so directs, cease as from such date as the
Secretary of State or the Governor, as the case may be, determines.

(2) If any person is sentenced as aforesaid after retirement in circumstances in which he is
eligible for pension or allowance under the Ordinance but before the pension or allowance
is granted, then the provisions of the foregoing subsection shall apply as respects any
pension or allowance which may be granted to him.




(3) Where a pension or allowance ceases by reason of this
section it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State or the Governor, as
the case may be, to direct all or any part of the moneys to which such
persoii would have been entitled by way of pension or allowance had
he not been sentenced as aforesaid to be paid, or applied, in the same
manner in all respects as prescribed in the preceding section, and such
moneys shall be paid or applied accordingly.

(4) If such person after conviction at any time receives a free
pardon, the pension or allowance shall be restored with retrospective
effect; but in determining whether arrears of such pension or allowance
are payable to such person and in computing the amount thereof,
account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under the
preceding subsection.

15. If any person to whom a pension or other allowance
has been granted under this Ordinance otherwise than under
section 17 becomes either a director of any company, or a
partner in any partnership the principal part of whose busi-
ness is in any way directly concerned with the Colony, or
an officer or servant employed in the Colony by any such
company or partnership, without the prior permission of the
Governor in writing, such pension or allowance shall cease
if the Governor so directs : Provided that it shall be lawful
for the Governor, on being satisfied that the person in respect
of whose pension or allowance any such direction shall have
been given has ceased to be a director of such company, or
a partner in such partnership or to be employed as an officer
or servant of such company or partnership in the Colony,
as the case may be, to give directions for the restoration
of such pension or allowance, with retrospective effect, if he
shall see fit, to such a date as he shall specify, and the
pension or allowance shall be restored in accordance with
any such directions.

16. (1) Where an officer holding a pensionable office who is not on
probation or agreement, or an officer holding a non-pensionable office
to which he has been transferred from a pensionable office in which he
has been confirmed, dies while in the service of this Colony, it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council to grant to his legal personal
representative, or in case the gratuity does not exceed two thousand
five hundred dollars, to such person as the





Governor in Council shall nanie as the recipient, a gratuity of an
amount not exceeding his annual pensionable emoluments.

(2) Such gratuity if granted to the legal personal representative
shall form part of the estate of the officer for purposes of distribution
but, nevertheless, no estate duty shall be payable in respect thereof,
and its addition to the principal value of the estate shall not be taken
into consideration for the purpose of increasing the rate at which estate
duty on the remainder of the estate may, be payable

(3) For the purpose of this section, 'annual pensionable
emoluments' means the emoluments which would be taken for the
purpose of computing any pension or gratuity granted to the officer if
lie had retired at the date of his death in the circumstances described in
paragraph (e) of section 6.

17. (I) Where any officer dies as a result of injuries
received-

(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and

(b) without his own default; and

(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the
nature of his duty .

while in the service of the Governnient of this Colony it shall be lawful
for the Governor in Council to grant, in addition to the grant, if any, of
a gratuity

(i) if the deceased officer leaves a widow, a pension to her, while unmarried
and of good character, at a rate not exceeding one-sixth of his annual pensionable
emoluments at the date of the injury or four hundred and eighty dollars a year,
whichever is the greater or in exceptional cases at a rate not exceeding one-fourth
of such emoluments;

(ii) if the deceased officer leaves a widow to whom a pension is granted under the
prceding sub-paragraph and a child or children, a pension in respect of each child
of an amount not exceeding one-eighth of the pension prescribed under the preceding
sub-paragraph;




(iii) if the deceased officer leaves a child or children but does
not leave a widow or no pension is granted to the widow, a
pension in respect of each child of double the amount prescribed
by the preceding sub-paragraph

(iv) if the deceased officer leaves a child or children and a
widow to whom a pension is granted under subparagraph (i), aiid
the widow subsequently dies, a pension in respect of each child
as from the date of the death of the widow of double the amount
prescribed in sub-paragraph (ii);

(v) if tile deceased officer does not leave a widow, or if no
pension is granted to his widow, and if his mother was wholly or
mainly dependent on him for her support, a pension to the mother,
while of good character and without adequate means of support,
of an amount not exceeding the pension which might have been
granted to his widow

Provided that

(a)pensions shall not be payable under this subsection at
any time in respect of more than six children ;

(b)in the case of a pension granted Under subparagraph
(v) of this subsection, if the mother is a widow at the
time of the grant of the pension and subsequently
remarries such pension shall cease as from the date of re-
marriage and if it appears to the Secretary, of State at
any time that the mother is adequately provided with
other means of support, such pension shall cease as
from such date as the Secretary of State may determine;

(c)a pension granted to a child under this section shall
cease in the case of a male at the age of 18 years and in
the case of a female on marriage or at the age Of 21 years.

(2) In the case of an officer not holding a pensionable.
office, the expression 'pensionable emoluments' in the
preceding subsection shall mean the emoluments enjoyed by
him which would have been pensionable emoluments if the
office held by him had been a pensionable office.





(3) For the purposes of this section-

(a)where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the
form thereof he is precluded from being married to another
person at the same time, 'wife' shall mean the woman to
whom such officer is lawfully

(b) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof he is or
becomes lawfully married to more than one woman at the same time, 'wife' shall mean
the woman whom such officer first married: Provided that in the event of any wife
eligible for a pension under this Ordinance ceasing to be so eligible and at the time
of such cessation the officer was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other
wives the officer shall be deemed for the purposes of this Ordinance to have become a
widower at the time of such cessation aforesaid and simultaneouly to have married the
woman who at such time was his wife and whom he married first after his marriage to the
wife who has ceased to be eligible as aforesaid;

(c) where an officer contracts a lawful Chinese customary marriage 'wife' shall mean the
kit fat or tin fong wife;

(d) 'widow' shall mean the woman who is the wife of an officer at the time of his death;

(e) 'child' shall mean -

(i) the child of an officer born by a woman who is the wife or widow of such officer
at the time of the birth; and

(ii) a person wholly or mainly dependent upon the deceased offier for support, adopted
as a child by such officer the date of injury in a manner recognized by the Governor.

(4) If an officer proceeding by a route approved by the Governor
to or from this Colony at the commencement or termination of his
service therein, or of a period of leave therefrom, dies as a result of
damage to the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in which he is travelling or of
any act of violence directed against such vessel, aircraft or vehicle and
the





Governor is satisfied that such damage or act is attributable
to circumstances arising out of war in which His Majesty
may be engaged, such officer shall be deemed, for the purposes of this
section, to have died in the circumstances
described in subsection (1).

(5) An officer who diws as a result of injuries received
while travelling by air in pursuance of official instructions
shall be deemed to have died in the circumstance detailed
in (a) and (c) of subsectin (1): Provided that in such a
cases and if (b) is also satisfied the rates of pension prescribed
in (i) and (ii) of that subsection shall be one-fourth and
one-sixth respectively.

18. For the purpose of calculating a pension allowance or gratuity
under this Ordinance an officer's service may With the approval of the
Governor be deerned to be Unbroken notwithstanding that he ceased
to be employed in the service of this Colony after the 25th day of
December, 1941, if such officer resumed such service not later than the
31st day of March, 1947, and in such case such period of cessation of
service which occurred before the 15th day of March 1946, or anv part
thereof may, with the approval of the Governor, be deemed to be
service which may be counted for the purpose of calculating an
allowance or gratuity grantable under this Ordinance : Provided that an
officer who did not resume duty, and who died not later than the 31st
day of March 1947, shall nevertheless bc deemed to have resumed
duty, for the purpose of this section, on the date of his death.

19. (1) Subject to express provisions to the contrary in the
Ordinance or the regulations hereunder, this Ordinance and such
regulations shall be deemed to have had effect from the 1st day of
January, 1947, and the provisions thereof shall except as otherwise
provided apply to all officers in the service of the Colony oil or after the
said date : Provided that no pension or gratuity shall be grantable
tinder this Ordinance in respect of service by an officer terminating
between the 1st day of January, 1947, and the enactment of this
Ordinance when no pension or gratuity would have been grantable, if
this Ordinance had effect on the date of enactment, by reason of the
age at which such officer left the service of the Colony.

(2) Any pension, gratuity or other allowance granted under the provisions of an Ordinance
or regulation repealed by this Ordinance other than Pension Regulations C made under the
Pensions Ordinance, 1932, in respect of service in this Colony by an officer who was in
receipt of salary according to a scale of pay operative in this Colony in consequence of
the Salaries Revision, 1947, shall be recomputed according to the provisions of this
Ordinance. Such recomputed pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted in
substitution of the former award except that where it is to the advantage of the recipient
such former award shall be deemed to have been validly made under this Ordinance.

(3) A persion, gratuity or other allowance in respect of service of an officer who is not
or has not been in receipt of salary based upon a scale of pay operative in this Colony
in consequence of the Salaries Revision, 1947, shall be grantable hereunder according to
the provisions relating to the grant of pension, gratuity or other allowance in respect
of such officer's service applicable prior to the 1st day of January, 1947, except in
respect of service which would necessitate the application thereto of the provisions of
Pension Regulations C made under the Pensions Ordinance, 1932, in which case the provisions
of Part V of the regulations hereunder shall be applied in respect of the service to which
the said Pension Regulations C would have been applicable: Provided that if such an officer
rejoins or an officer is appointed to the service of this Colony after the enactment of this
Ordinance the provisions of this Ordinance other than this subsection shall apply in respect
of the grant of any pension, gratuity or other allowance granted after so rejoining or being
so appointed.

(4) 'Salaries Revision 1947' shall mean, for the purpose of this section, the revision of
salaries initiated by the report of the Commissioners appointed on the 20th day of March,
1947, by virtue of section 2 of the Commissioners Powers Ordinance.

(5) If any question arises as to whether any salary is according to scale of pay operative
in the Colony in consequence of the Salaries Revision, 1947, the decision thereon of the
Governor in Council shall be final.




20. For the purpose of this Ordinance any person holding
office in the service of the Government of Palestine immediately
before the 15th day of May, 1948, shall be deemed to continue in
his office until either he is appointed to public service elsewhere,
or, if he is not so appointed, he retires or is removed from his
office.
50 of 1949 37 of 1950 Short title. Interpretation. (21 of 1932) [s. 2 cont.] (15 & 16 Geo, 5. C59) Pension regulations. Pensions, etc. to be charged on revenues. Pensions, etc., not of right. [s. 5 cont.] Circumstances in which pension may be granted. (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 12) Retirement for in-efficiency. Compulsory retirement. 37 of 1950, Schedule. Maximum pension. [s, 9 cont.] Liability of pensioners to be called upon to take further employment. Suspension of pensions on re-employment. Pensions, etc., not to be assignable. Pensions, etc., to cause on bankruptcy. [s, 13 cont.] Pensions, etc., may cease on conviction. Pensions, etc., may cease on accepting certain appointments. Gratuity to estate where officer dies in service of the Colony. [s. 16 cont.] Pensions to dependants when an officer is killed on duty. [s. 17 cont.] occupation. Effect of enemy. Commencement and application of the Ordinance and recomputation of benefits. [s. 10 cont.] (21 of 1932). (Cap. 86.) Provisions of officers transferred to Government from the service of the Government of Palestine.

50 of 1949 37 of 1950 Short title. Interpretation. (21 of 1932) [s. 2 cont.] (15 & 16 Geo, 5. C59) Pension regulations. Pensions, etc. to be charged on revenues. Pensions, etc., not of right. [s. 5 cont.] Circumstances in which pension may be granted. (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 12) Retirement for in-efficiency. Compulsory retirement. 37 of 1950, Schedule. Maximum pension. [s, 9 cont.] Liability of pensioners to be called upon to take further employment. Suspension of pensions on re-employment. Pensions, etc., not to be assignable. Pensions, etc., to cause on bankruptcy. [s, 13 cont.] Pensions, etc., may cease on conviction. Pensions, etc., may cease on accepting certain appointments. Gratuity to estate where officer dies in service of the Colony. [s. 16 cont.] Pensions to dependants when an officer is killed on duty. [s. 17 cont.] occupation. Effect of enemy. Commencement and application of the Ordinance and recomputation of benefits. [s. 10 cont.] (21 of 1932). (Cap. 86.) Provisions of officers transferred to Government from the service of the Government of Palestine.

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