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Special

provisions

as to com- pensation.

Provided that in reckoning for the purposes of this sub-paragraph the years of pensionable service of an officer who is granted leave of absence pending his retirement leave of absence granted in respect of service prior to the operative date enjoyment of which had on the operative date been deferred shall not be taken into account.

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(a) a person who has become entitled to compensation under para- graph 2 or paragraph 10 of this Schedule but who has not already received the whole of that compensation (and in the case of an entitled officer whether he is still serving as such or has already retired) attains the age of fifty-five years or, in the case of a person who is or was when he retired a judge of the Court of Appeal or the High Court, sixty-two years, or dies before attaining that age; (b) an entitled officer who has not already received the whole of the compensation to which he is entitled under paragraph 2 retires in the circumstances described in paragraph 4(4)(a), (c) or (d) of this Schedule before he has attained that age or is required to retire in the circumstances described in paragraph 4(4)(b) of this Schedule; or

(c) an entitled officer who has not already received the whole of the compensation to which he is entitled under paragraph 2 or paragraph 10 of this Schedule retires in any other circumstances before he has attained that age but on or after the fifth anniversary of the operative date or, in the case of a person who became an entitled officer after that date, of the date on which he became an entitled officer,

the balance then outstanding of the compensation to which he is entitled shall be paid to that person or, if that person is dead, to his personal representatives.

(2) Whenever an entitled officer, who has not already received the whole of the compensation to which he is entitled under paragraph 2 of this Schedule, is required to retire under section 16 of the Zambia Independence Order 1964 before attaining the age of fifty-five years, or, in the case of a person who is or was when he retired a judge of the Court of Appeal or the High Court, sixty-two years, the balance then outstanding of the compensation to which he is entitled under that paragraph shall be paid to him-

(a) if notice requiring him to retire is given to him while he is engaged upon a tour of residential service, before his departure from Zambia ; or

(b) if such notice is given to him while on leave of absence after completing a tour of residential service, as soon as reasonably practicable after the date upon which such notice is given to him. (3) The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance may direct that instead of any payment being made to the personal representatives of a deceased person payment shall be made to one of the dependants of the deceased or to two or more of those dependants in such proportions as the Permanent Secretary may think fit.

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