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

7. Appointment and meetings of directors
(1) It shall be lawful for the Chief Executive 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 Chief Executive, 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; 20 of 1965 s. 2; 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) In the event of the death or absence from Hong Kong of a director, or in the event of the cancellation of the appointment of any director, the Chief Executive 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; 33 of 1939 Schedule; 36 of 1987 s. 39; 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Appointments of directors and cancellations thereof shall take effect from the notification thereof in the Gazette. (Added 51 of 1911; 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; 20 of 1965 s. 2)

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

7A. Directors may determine certain persons to be wives
On an application in writing the Directors may in their absolute discretion determine a person—
(a) who cohabits with a contributor under this Ordinance or a former contributor as the wife of him; and
(b) who is financially dependent on such contributor,
to be the wife of such contributor for the purposes of this Ordinance and where the Directors so determine the references to “wife” in this Ordinance shall be construed as including references to such person.
(Added 3 of 1993 s. 36)

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

9. Period for which abatement shall be made
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; 72 of 1967 s. 4)

9A. Right after retirement to cease contributions
(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 Director of Accounting Services 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 (72 of 1967) and whose notice of election is received by the Director of Accounting Services 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 Director of Accounting Services of the notice of election. 
(Added 72 of 1967 s. 5. Amended L.N. 16 of 1977; L.N. 453 of 1993)

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

13. Right on retirement to elect to contribute on former dollar salary
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; 13 of 1912 Schedule)

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

14. Right on retirement or deprivation of office to continue to contribute
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; 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; 72 of 1967 s. 8)

14A. Application of Ordinance if pension deferred
In the case of an officer who has been granted—
(a) a pension under the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 89) the payment of which was deferred until he attained the age of 55; 
(b) a deferred pension under the Pension Benefits Ordinance (Cap. 99); or 
(c) a deferred pension under the Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance (Cap. 401), 
a pension entitlement under this Ordinance shall be computed on the basis of the potential benefit acquired at the date that the officer ceased to make contributions under this Ordinance. 
(Added 4 of 1993 s. 14)