### Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance 《孤寡撫恤金條例》

15. Provisions for case of officers transferred to other employment under the Crown
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; 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; 72 of 1967 s. 8)

15A. Cessation of contribution
(1) A contributor under this Ordinance may, subject to such terms as the Secretary for the Civil Service may specify in a circular issued by him, elect—
(a) within 6 months after a day appointed* by the Governor for the purposes of this subsection; 
(b) within 6 months after the death of his wife; 
(c) within 6 months after the day on which his last child ceased to be pensionable under this Ordinance where the contributor is not married on that date, 
to cease to make contributions under this Ordinance. 
(2) An election—
(a) under subsection (1)(a) shall be effective on the day appointed under that subsection; 
(b) under subsection (1)(b) shall be effective on the day on which the wife of the relevant officer dies or, as may be appropriate, the date of the dissolution of the relevant officer’s marriage; and 
(c) under subsection (1)(c) shall be effective on the day on which the relevant officer’s last child ceased to be pensionable. 
(3) The appointment made under subsection (1)(a) shall be contained in a notice published in the Gazette. 
(4) The Secretary for the Civil Service may in his absolute discretion in any special circumstances extend the period for making any election under subsection (1). 
(Added 3 of 1993 s. 38)Editorial Note:
* Appointed day: 1 February 1993—see L.N. 83 of 1993.

### Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance 《孤寡撫恤金條例》

15B. Entitlement to pension where a contributor elected to cease to make a contributions
Where a contributor under this Ordinance who has elected under section 15A(1) to cease to make contributions subsequently dies, the pension to which his widow or child, if any, is entitled shall be computed on the basis of the potential benefit acquired by such contributor on the day immediately preceding the day on which the said election became effective. 
(Added 3 of 1993 s. 38)

### Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance 《孤寡撫恤金條例》

17. Penalty for non-compliance
(1) Every officer who, in the judgment of the directors—
(a) (Repealed 3 of 1993 s. 40) (b) furnishes any false information or makes any false declaration, shall forfeit at the discretion of the directors, subject to the consent of the Chief Executive, 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; 72 of 1967 s. 10; 36 of 1987 s. 39; 63 of 1999 s. 3) 
(2) The Director of Accounting Services 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; 33 of 1939 Schedule; L.N. 16 of 1977; L.N. 453 of 1993)

18. Exclusion from benefits
(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 unless the directors, in their absolute discretion and upon application in writing, decide otherwise. (Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912 Schedule; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 3 of 1993 s. 41) 
(2) (Repealed 36 of 1987 s. 39)

### Widows and Orphans Pension Ordinance 《孤寡撫恤金條例》

19. Duration of pension to orphan
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the allowance or pension payable to an orphan shall cease in the case of a male at the age of 18 years, and in the case of a female at the age of 18 years (where she is married) or at the age of 21 years (where she is not married).
(2) Where an orphan has been receiving continuous full-time education at any university, college, school or other educational establishment since attaining—
(a) in the case of a male, the age of 18 years; or 
(b) in the case of a female—
(i) (where she is married) the age of 18 years; or 
(ii) (where she is not married) the age of 21 years, 
the allowance or pension payable to such orphan shall, subject to subsection (2A), cease at the age of 23 years or the day on which he ceases to receive such education, whichever is the earlier.
(2A) A pension that has ceased under subsection (2) may be paid again during the period before the orphan attains the age of 23 years when such full-time education is resumed. (Added 98 of 1994 s. 7) 
(3) Where an orphan is accepted by the Directors as mentally or physically disabled so that he cannot reasonably be expected to be financially independent the allowance or pension payable to him shall continue as long as he remains to be so disabled. 
(Replaced 3 of 1993 s. 42. Amended 98 of 1994 s. 7)

20. Calculation of pensions
Pensions under this Ordinance shall be calculated in accordance with the Tables and Instructions set forth in the Schedule, and the Director of Accounting Services shall pay the pensions, or cause them to be paid by the Crown Agents, as they become due. 
(Replaced 72 of 1967 s. 11. Amended L.N. 16 of 1977; L.N. 453 of 1993)

21. Provision for case of motherless orphans
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)