POLICE PENSIONS ORDINANCE

POLICE PENSIONS ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE'No. 9 0Y .1868:

Police Pensions.

No. 9 of 1868.

An Ordinance for amending the Law relating to the Granting of Pensions
and oLher Allowances to the Police Force.

23rd May, 1868.

WIIEREAS it is expedient to amend the Taw relation to the nrantiu- of
retiring -
pensions and other rzllowauces to members of the Police Force; Be it
enacted
by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as-
follows:-

3,. Sections 11 and 12 of Ordinance No. 9 of 1862 shall be repeWled from
the time
that this Ordinauc;e tames into operation except .as to any right
acquired thereunder
by any oiT:ceri or wen whose services only have been accepted by the
Government for
tz second period o£ five years, as rz3eutionecl in the said sections
hereby repealed.

2. Subject to the provision hereinbeforc contained, it shall be lawful
far the
Governor in Council from tune to time to regulate the general conditions
upon which ,_
and the rllcenner in which pensions, superannuation allowances, or other
relief, are to be
granted to marpbers of the Police Farce and to determine in each
particular ease
whether tlioro shall or shall not be granted to any 'member of the Police
Force, a
petl8iCt1, Superannuation allowrinoe, or other relief,' and in the event
of the Governor
,in Council determining that tlu,re s~6all be granted to any member of
the Policy Force,:-
a pension, superannuation allowance, or other relief to further determine
the amount
to be pail in respect thereof and the terms on which nod the manner in
which the
same shall be paid.

:3. If at any time after the granting of. a pension whether now existing
or hereafter
to be granted to any me3nber of the Police Force it 13e proved to the
satisfaction of the
Governor in Council that the person to whom such pension may have been
granted had
been guilty of any corrupt practices in the execution of his office
either by receiving
bribes or by incluciug or compelling pyyrl3ent directly or indirectly of
any valuable
consideration to himself or to any other party or by dthcrw3se aet3ng
corruptly in the
execution of or under color of leis office as a member of the Police,
then in evelv such
ease it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council .to revoke and annul
the grant of
such.liansion and no claim to any further payment on account of a pension
declared to
be revoked-as aforesaid shall be valid.

4. This Ordinance shall commence and tape affect on' such day as. shall
hereafter
be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.

Ira forccftona 6th .Tune, 1868, ?axder proclamation of the same date;
Disallowance
proclaimed X7lla October, 1868: Repealed by Ordinance 11'0. 8 of 1869;
1012
Title.
Preamble.
Sections 11 and 12 fo Ordinance No. 9 of 1862 repealed, except, &c.
Governor in Council may regulate the right to pensions, &c., subject as above mentioned.
Pension may be revoked if recipicent afterwards discovered to have been guilty of corrupt practice in execution of his office.
Commencement of Ordinance.

1012
Title.
Preamble.
Sections 11 and 12 fo Ordinance No. 9 of 1862 repealed, except, &c.
Governor in Council may regulate the right to pensions, &c., subject as above mentioned.
Pension may be revoked if recipicent afterwards discovered to have been guilty of corrupt practice in execution of his office.
Commencement of Ordinance.

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