equal to the maximum commuted pension gratuity
which he would have received had he opted for
reduction of his pension by 50 per cent under
section 24(1) plus any authorized increase
thereon up to the time when the deferred pension
was paid to him for the first time, less any
pension benefits already paid or payable to him
and any authorized increase thereon up to the
time when the deferred pension was paid to him
for the first time, but excluding any additional
pension granted under section 15(1).
(6)
Subject to subsections (7) and (8), in the case
of an officer, other than an officer referred to in
subsection (5), who dies in the circumstances described in
subsection (1) and whose period of qualifying service is
(a) not less than 5 nor more than 22 years; or
(b)
more than 221⁄2 years but whose pensionable service
is less than 22 years,
the pensionable service which may be taken into account for
the computation of death gratuity may be supplemented by
deeming his pensionable service to be -
(i)
twice the actual period of his pensionable
service (subject to a maximum of 22 years); or