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But in the case of an officer transferred from one 
Colony to another, half salary from the Colony to 
which he is proceeding shall not begin while he is 
on leave from the Colony from which he is trans- 
ferred. 
53. No advance of salary is allowed to officers either 
on first appointment or on leave of absence, except 
in special cases to be determined by the Secretary 
of State. Collateral security will be required when 
the advance exceeds a month’s salary. The security 
of another officer serving in the same Colony as the 
applicant will not be accepted. 
54. If an office be vacant in a Colony for any 
reason other than the absence on full-pay leave of the 
holder, the person appointed by the Governor to act 
in that office shall be remunerated as follows :— 
(1) If the person appointed is not in the public 
service, he shall be remunerated at such rate, not 
exceeding the initial emoluments of the office, as 
the Governor may decide. 
(2) If he is the holder of another office, but is 
not performing the duties of it :— 
(a) If his emoluments in his substantive 
office are not less than the minimum emolu- 
ments of the office in which he is acting, he 
shall continue to receive the former. 
(b) If his emoluments in his substantive 
office are less than the minimum emoluments 
of the office in which he is acting, he may, 
while so acting, receive half the initial salary 
of the office in which he is acting, half the 
initial salary of his substantive office, all the 
increments he has earned in his substantive 
office, and any personal allowance to which 
he may be entitled, provided that he shall 
not receive in all more than the minimum 
emoluments of the office in which he is acting.