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Widows' And Orphans' Pension Fund (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 1981) - Sect 14

Amendment of section 33 of the principal enactment

14 Section 33 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
(a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 33 ;
(b) by the addition, at the end of that subsection, of the following new subsections:
" (2) A child adopted under the [Cap. 76] provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married public officer while he is a contributor shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) and subsection (4), be treated as a child of the adopter and accordingly such child shall be entitled to a pension under this Ordinance in like manner and to the like amount as a child of such public officer.
(3) A child adopted under the [Cap. 76] provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married public officer while he is a contributor shall be entitled to a pension under this Ordinance unless the Director has reason to believe that there was no genuine desire to adopt the child and that the adoption was merely one of convenience :
(c) by the substitution, for the marginal note to that section, of the following new marginal note :


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