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Gratuity payable where a non-pensionable Pensions.
ment" wherever they appear in the said regulation; and
(b) if his total service in this Colony is not less than five years a gratuity in respect of his aggregate service as a daily paid employee under regulation 27 as though the words "time of the final termination of his service as a daily paid employee" were substituted for the words "time of his retirement" in the said regulation.
29. (1) A gratuity of an amount determined by the Governor in each case not exceeding nine months' salary in officer dies in the case of monthly paid officers and one hundred and eighty days pay in respect of daily paid employees may be granted to the dependants of any non-pensionable officer whose service is terminated by his death and-
the service of the Colony.
Application of section 9 of the Ordinance.
(a) who has completed three years' unbroken service;
or
(b) whose death was caused in the discharge of his duty, or as a direct result of injuries received whilst on duty or by illness specifically attributable to the nature of his duties.
(2) For the purpose of this regulation the service of an officer or employee shall be deemed to be terminated by his death if he dies as a result of continuous illness incapacitating him from work from the last day on which he drew salary or pay and the period of three years shall be computed up to such last day.
(3) The dependants who shall be the recipients of any gratuity granted under this regulation shall be such as may be named by the Governor in each case and the gratuity shall not form part of the estate for the purposes of distribution nor shall it be taken into account in computing estate duty.
30. The provisions of section 9 of the Ordinance shall apply to annual allowances under this Part as though the words "annual allowance" were substituted for the word "pension" except where the word "pension" relates to an additional pension and as though the word "salary" was substituted for "pensionable emoluments" wherever such word or words may appear.
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