HC Deb 10 November 1920 vol 134 cc1149-50

A Government servant may not, without the previous sanction of the local Government, receive any complimentary or valedictory address, accept any testimonial presented to him or attend any public meeting or entertainment held in his honour, nor may he take part in any similar acknowledgment of the services of any other Government servant, or of any person who has recently quitted the service of Government.

The rule admits of the following exception:—

  1. (a) The head of any Government or Administration may receive an address.
  2. (b) At the request of any public body a Government servant may sit for a portrait, bust, or statue not intended for presentation to him.
  3. (c)A Government servant may take part in the raising of funds to be expended, in recognition of the services of another Government servant, on the foundation of a scholarship or other public or charitable object, or on the execution of any portrait, bust, or statue not intended for presentation to such other Government servant. He may not, however, solicit subscriptions for the purpose.
  4. (d) A Government servant may take part in a private farewell entertainment, attended only by personal friends, as a mark of regard to himself when retiring from the service or quitting a district or station, or to another Government servant in similar circumstances.

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