ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE (PENSIONS) REGULATIONS

ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE (PENSIONS) REGULATIONS

ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE
(PENSIONS) REGULATIONS

(Cap 233, section 28)
[30 January 1959.]



1. These regulations may be cited as the Royal Hong Kong

Auxiliary Police Force (Pensions) Regulations.

2. [Revoked, L.N. 239180.1

3. If a member is permanently injured-

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

(b) without his own default; and

(e)on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the
nature of his duty,

he may be granted a pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his
pay at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the
following table

When, in the opinion of the Governor, his capacity to contribute to

his own support is-
Slightly impairedfive-sixtieths
Impaired ten-sixtieths
Materially impairedfifteen-sixtieths
Totally destroyedtwenty-sixtieths.

4. (1) If a member 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,

it shall be lawful for the Governor to grant-

(i) to the dependants of such member a gratuity not exceeding 9
months' pay:

Provided that the dependants who shall be recipients of
any gratuity granted under this regulation shall be such as
may be named in the award in each particular case and the
gratuity shall not form part of the estate for the purpose of
distribution nor shall it be taken into account in computing
estate duty;

(ii) if the deceased member leaves a widow, a pension to her, while
unmarried and of good character, at a rate not





exceeding ten-sixtieths of his annual pay at the date of the
injury or $480 a year, whichever is the greater, or, in
exceptional cases, at a rate not exceeding one-fourth of such
pay;

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

(iv) if the deceased member 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 sub-paragraph (iii);

(v) if the deceased member leaves a child or children and a widow
to whom a pension is granted under sub-paragraph (ii), and
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 (iii);

(vi) if the deceased member 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 regulation at any time
in respect of more than 6 children;

(b)in the case of a pension granted under sub-paragraph (vi), 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 remarriage; and if it appears to the Governor at any
time that the mother is adequately provided with other means
of support, such pension shall cease as from such date as the
Governor may determine; and

(e)a pension granted to a child under this regulation 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) For the purposes of this regulation-

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

(b)where a member 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' means
the woman whom such member first married:

Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a
pension under this regulation ceasing to be so eligible and
at the time of such cessation the member was lawfully
married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the
member shall be deemed for the purposes of this regulation
to have become a widower at the time of such cessation
aforesaid and simultaneously 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;

(e)where a member contracts a lawful Chinese customary
marriage, 'wife' means the kit fat or tin fong wife;

(d),'widow' means the woman who is the wife of a member
at the time of his death;

(e) 'child' means-
(i) the child of a member borne by a woman who is the
wife of such member at the time of the birth; and

(ii) a person wholly or mainly dependent upon the
deceased member for support, adopted as a child by such
member before the date of injury in a manner recognized
by the Governor.
G.N.A. 6/69. 29 of 1969. L.N. 239/80. Citation. 29 of 1969, s. 2. Pension on account of injury of member. L.N. 239/80. Pension to dependants when member killed on duty. L.N. 239/80. L.N. 239/80.

G.N.A. 6/69. 29 of 1969. L.N. 239/80. Citation. 29 of 1969, s. 2. Pension on account of injury of member. L.N. 239/80. Pension to dependants when member killed on duty. L.N. 239/80. L.N. 239/80.

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