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

29. Pension not to be assigned or levied upon
(1) No pension payable under this Ordinance shall be assigned or transferred, and every assignment or transfer thereof shall be absolutely null and void and of no effect. 
(2) No such pension shall be attached, or levied upon, or arrested, or taken in execution on account of any debt or payment due by the person to whom such pension is payable: 
Provided that any contribution or other sum due under this Ordinance from a deceased officer may be deducted from any pension payable under this Ordinance to or on behalf of the widow or children of such officer. (Added 72 of 1967 s. 12)

30. Decision of question under the Ordinance
If any question arises as to whether any person is an officer within the meaning of this Ordinance, or as to whether any person is entitled to any pension as the widow or child of an officer, or as to the amount of pension to which any widow or child is entitled, or as to the meaning or construction to be assigned to any section of this Ordinance, or to any rule or regulation made under the provisions thereof, it shall be lawful for the directors, and they are hereby required, on the application of any such officer, widow or child, to submit such question for decision to the Chief Executive; and the decision of the Chief Executive thereon, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall be final. 
(Amended 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 63 of 1999 s. 3)

31. Limit of compulsory contribution
No person contributing at the commencement* of this Ordinance shall be required to pay any higher contribution than such as would entitle his widow or children to a pension of, in the case of a dollar contributor, fifteen hundred dollars, and in the case of a sterling contributor, two hundred and twenty-five pounds sterling per annum: (Amended 8 of 1912 s. 71; 2 of 1931 s. 5) 
Provided that every such person may if he wishes contribute the full four per cent of his salary or pension referred to in sections 8 and 10. Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 31 December 1908.

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

33. Rules and regulations
The directors may make regulations, subject to the approval of the Chief Executive in Council, for the proper carrying out of this Ordinance. 
(Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912 Schedule; 13 of 1912 Schedule; 5 of 1924 Schedule; 63 of 1999 s. 3)

35. Certain contributors under Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Scheme to withdraw from this Scheme
(Amended 21 of 2020 s. 53)Any officer making contributions under this Ordinance who—
(a) was not in service under the Government at the commencement* of the Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 79) but was appointed to such service thereafter; or (Amended 21 of 2020 s. 53)
(b) was at the commencement of that Ordinance in service under the Government on agreement as defined in section 2 of that Ordinance (irrespective of whether such service subsequently becomes pensionable service by refund or surrender of gratuity); or 
(c) (i) was at the commencement of that Ordinance in service under the Government on non-pensionable terms otherwise than on agreement as defined in section 2 of that Ordinance; 
(ii) failed to make an election under section 3(1)(a)(i) of that Ordinance within the time it had to be made; and 
(iii) after commencement of that Ordinance is appointed to service under the Government on pensionable terms, 
shall cease or be deemed, except for the purposes of paragraph (i) of the proviso to section 13(1)(a) of that Ordinance, to have ceased, to make contributions under this Ordinance from the date of the commencement of the period in respect of which he makes contributions under that Ordinance, and a pension to his wife 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, or, he shall receive back such contributions as would have been due to him had he elected to discontinue being a contributor and had left the public service on the date of his ceasing to contribute. 
(Added 75 of 1977 s. 27. Amended 59 of 1978 s. 2) Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 January 1978.

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

36. No new contributors after commencement of Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Scheme
(Amended 21 of 2020 s. 54)No person who is not a contributor before the commencement* of the Surviving Spouses’ and Children’s Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 79) shall be required or be permitted to become a contributor under this Ordinance on the day of or after such commencement. 
(Added 75 of 1977 s. 27. Amended 21 of 2020 s. 54)  Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 January 1978.

### Public Service Commission Regulations 《公務員敍用委員會規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Public Service Commission Regulations.
(15 of 1979 s. 8)

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
a vacancy (空缺) shall be deemed to occur when an established office for which provision has been made in the estimates is not held by a person who has been appointed substantively thereto; (36 of 1987 s. 53; E.R. 5 of 2021)
Commission (委員會) means the Public Service Commission; (15 of 1979 s. 8)
efficiency bar (考績關限), probation bar (試用關限) and promotion step (升級點) have the same meanings as in government regulations; (L.N. 92 of 1966; L.N. 119 of 1974; 63 of 1999 s. 3)
established office (設定職位) has the meaning assigned to it by pension legislation; (36 of 1987 s. 53)
Master Salary Scale (總薪級表) means the scale under the heading “Master” in the table of general salary scales appended to the annual estimates of Government revenue and expenditure; (L.N. 119 of 1974)
pension legislation (退休金法條例) means the ordinances and regulations concerning the payment of pensions to officers in the public service for the time being in force; (36 of 1987 s. 53)
Secretary for the Civil Service (公務員事務局局長) means the person holding the office of Secretary for the Civil Service, Deputy Secretary, Principal Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretary and also means any person holding a public office not below that of Senior Executive Officer who is authorized in writing by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Deputy Secretary, Principal Assistant Secretary or Assistant Secretary to perform specified duties on his behalf; (L.N. 119 of 1974; L.N. 257 of 1995; L.N. 362 of 1997)
special appointment (特別委任) means an appointment other than an appointment to an established office, being an appointment which cannot be determined by Government at will or upon the giving of 1 month’s notice or of a period of notice of less than 1 month. (36 of 1987 s. 53; E.R. 5 of 2021)