Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension (Amendment) Ordinance

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Ordinance (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “principal Ordinance”) is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “public servant” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “public servant” means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer —

(a)

who is not restricted by law to one wife at a time; or

(b)

who, on or after the 2nd day of March 1961, —

(i)

is appointed to a pensionable office; or

(ii)

is appointed to a pensionable office on probation or on agreement, in the service of the Government; or

(c)

who is transferred to the service of the Government under the provisions of section 9 of the Local Government Integration Ordinance, 1963 (Ord. 18 of 1963), or section 5 of the Planning Ordinance, 1959 (Ord. 12 of 1959);”.

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