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date. If at the date of appointment he has 
already earned the above-mentioned amount of 
increment, he shall forthwith receive salary 
accordingly and any balance of earned increment 
then remaining shall be taken into account in 
fixing the date of his next subsequent increment. 
(b) If at the date of appointment the salary 
of the officer is less than the minimum of the new 
office but the officer has already earned such 
amount of increment as would bring his salary 
up to that minimum, he shall receive the 
minimum, and any balance of earned increment 
remaining shall be taken into account in fixing 
the date of his first increment on the new scale; 
Provided that, in cases falling under either. of 
the above rules. 
(1) Any personal or other allowance payable 
in money which is a pensionable emolument under 
the pension rules of the Colony shall be 
reckoned as if it were included in salary. 
(i) Where the appointment is from a post not 
carrying a duty or seniority or similar non- 
pensionable allowance to a post carrying such an 
allowance, the officer shall serve a full incre- 
mental period in the new office before he shall 
become eligible for any increment. 
(iii) If the officer at the date of appointment 
had served for over a year on the maximum (or 
fixed) salary of his old post, he shall be treated as 
if he had earned such proportion (not exceeding 
unity) of one increment in the new scale as his 
length of approved service on that salary in excess 
of one vear bears to two vears. 
(3) If the scale of salary of an office is altered, the 
salary of the holder shall be dealt with in accordance 
with the rules contained in paragraph (2) above as if