Circumstances in which pension.

may be suspended, cancelled or reduced

Annex A(ii)

Suspension of pension on re-appointment to the service

If a judicial officer who is eligible for a pension, or to whom a pension has been granted, is re-appointed to the public service, or appointed to any subvented organisation determined to be public service by notice in the Gazette, the payment of his pension may be suspended during the period of his service of his re-appointment or appointment.

Cessation of pension on bankruptcy

2.

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The payment of pension shall cease when a pensioner is adjudicated bankrupt or is declared insolvent by the The Governor may however authorise an ex-gratia payment equivalent to

to all or part of the officer's pension which he would have been entitled had he not been adjudicated bankrupt or declared insolvent, for the maintenance of the officer's family.

Pension payment shall be restored as from the date the person obtains discharge from bankruptcy or insolvency.

3.

Cancellation or reduction of pension for wilful suppression of facts or avoidance of disciplinary proceedings

4.

A pension may be withheld, cancelled or reduced if there is evidence that the officer had wilfully suppressed facts that were material

were material to the grant of a pension, or

or the pension was granted in ignorance of facts which had they been known, the pension would not have been granted in full or in part.

5.

A pension may also be withheld, cancelled or reduced if the officer had resigned or retired from service to avoid disciplinary proceedings which had they been completed or taken place would have led to the dismissal of the officer from the service.

Cancellation, suspension or reduction of pension on conviction

Pension may be cancelled, suspended or reduced if -

6.

(a)

a person eligible for pension benefits is convicted of -

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