Pensions.
PART VI.
[CAP. 89
SUPPLEMENTARY.
31. (1) If an officer holding a pensionable office in which he has been confirmed is permanently injured-
(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and
(b) without his own default; and
(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of his duty,
he may-
(i) if his retirement is thereby necessitated or materially accelerated and he has been in the public service for less than ten years, be granted, in lieu of any gratuity under regulation 5 or 12, a pension under regulation 4, 9, 10 or 11, as the case may be, as if the words "for ten years or more" were omitted from the said regulation 4;
(ii) if so injured while in the service of this Colony, be granted on retirement an additional pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual pensionable emoluments at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the following table-
When his capacity to contribute to his own support is- slightly impaired materially impaired totally destroyed retiring on account of injuries. 50/600 150/600 200/600 ... 100/600 200/600 ...Provided that the amount of the additional pension may be reduced to such an extent as the Governor in Council shall think reasonable where the injury is not the cause or the sole cause of retirement.
(2) Any officer so injured while in the service of this Colony not holding a pensionable office, or holding a...
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