(g)Leave on half pay may be granted for urgent private affairs. The total amount of leave on half pay which may be granted to a teacher, whether on medical certificate or for urgent private affairs, is limited to one-thirteenth of his active service in the school. If it is necessary to relax this rule in case of illness coming under rule (e) further leave on half pay should not be granted until leave has-been earned to the extent of the leave already enjoyed plus that supplied for.