Hong Kong Ordinances

PENSION BENEFITS ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Grant of pension on retirement on account of injuries

(1) A pension shall be granted to an officer who is permanently injured-

   (a)  in the actual discharge of his duty;

   (b)  not due to his own serious and wilful misconduct; and (Replaced 3 of
        1993 s.47)

   (c)  on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of
        his duty, while in the pensionable service if his retirement is
        thereby necessitated or materially accelerated, notwithstanding that
        he has been in the public  service for less than 10 years.

(2) An officer who is permanently injured while travelling by any means in
pursuance of official instructions or in the course of his duties shall be
deemed for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been injured in the
circumstances described in paragraphs (a) and (c) of that subsection. (Amended
3 of 1993 s. 47)