Contents of Section

Chapter:

386 PDFTitle:HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL PENSIONS ORDINANCEGazette Number:67 of 1999
Section:19Heading:Entitlement to pension not transferableVersion Date:01/07/1997

Remarks:

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 67 of 1999 s. 3

(1) The entitlement of an eligible beneficiary to a pension shall not be assignable or transferable except for the purpose of-

        (a) satisfying (either in whole or in part) a debt due to the Government; or (Amended 67 of 1999 s. 3)
        (b) satisfying an order of any court for the payment of money towards the maintenance of the spouse or former spouse or minor child of the eligible beneficiary.
(2) The entitlement of an eligible beneficiary to a pension shall not pass to any other person by operation of law.
(Enacted 1991)