Hong Kong Ordinances

PENSION BENEFITS (JUDICIAL OFFICERS) ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Time of pension payments

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively mad - see 26 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Subject to section 28, commencement of pension payments to an officer
shall-

   (a)  in case he is an officer to whom section 7(1)(da), (e), (f) or

   (j)  applies- (Amended 79 of 1995 s. 50)

        (i)    where he is an officer appointed before 1 July 1987, be
               deferred until he attains the age of 55 years; or

        (ii)   where he is an officer appointed on or after 1 July 1987, be
               deferred until he attains the age of 60 years, or, where the
               Chief Executive so directs, be deferred until a date earlier
               than referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), as specified in
               the direction; (Amended 26 of 1999 s. 3)

   (b)  where the pension is granted under a compensation scheme, be on the
        retirement of the officer under section 7(1)(i) as prescribed in the
        compensation scheme; and

   (c)  in any other case, be as soon as possible after the retirement of the
        officer.

(2) A pension shall be paid in monthly instalments, or less frequently if so
requested by the recipient. (Amended 4 of 1993 s. 31) (Enacted 1988)