1988 Ed.]
Pensions
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Pensions, etc. to be of right
5. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, the entitlement to pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance shall be a right.
(Replaced 36 of 1987 s. 36)
Circumstances in which pension may be granted
6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), unless otherwise provided under this Ordinance or regulations made thereunder no pension, gratuity or other allowance shall be granted under this Ordinance to any officer holding an established office except on his retirement from the public service in one of the following cases----- (Amended 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(a) in the case of a judge or a district judge
(i) on or after attaining the age of 55 years; or
(ii) on or after attaining the age of 45 years when such retirement is with the approval of the Governor; (Replaced 34 of 1970 s. 3. Amended 2 of 1976 s. 3; 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(aa) in the case of an officer other than a judge or a district judge, on or after attaining the normal age of retirement, as provided in section 8, or the age of 45 years when such retirement is with the approval of the Governor; (Added 34 of 1970 s. 3. Amended 2 of 1976 s. 3; 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(b) in the case of transfer to other public service-
(i) on his retirement on or after attaining the age at which he is permitted by the law or regulations of the service in which he is last employed to retire on pension; or
(ii) on his retirement in any other circumstances in which he is permitted by the law or regulations of the service in which he is last employed to retire on pension or gratuity,
but subparagraph (ii) shall not apply in the case of a female officer who retires for the reason that she has or is about to be married; (Replaced 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(c) on the abolition of his office;
(d) on compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organization of the department to which he belongs, by which greater efficiency or economy may be effected;
(e) on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the Governor that he is incapable by reason of any infirmity of mind or body of discharging the duties of his office and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent; (Amended 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(f) (Repealed 36 of 1987 s. 36)
(g) on retirement in circumstances, not mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this section, rendering him eligible for a pension under the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts 1911 to 1947 (1947 c. 12 U.K.);