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[Subsidiary]
26 of 1982, s. 6.
L.N. 17/76.
26 of 1982, s. 6; w.e.f. 9.1.76.
L.N. 123/80.
26 of 1982, s. 6: w.e.f. 30.5.80.
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Pensions Regulations
[1987 Ed.
(2) A gratuity granted under paragraph (1) shall be of an amount to be determined by the Governor but shall not exceed
(a) if the officer was paid monthly-
(i) 9 months' salary; or
(ii) the commuted annual allowance gratuity, if any, or where appropriate the commuted annual allowance gratuity supplemented in accordance with paragraph (2A),
whichever is the greater; and
(b) if the officer was paid daily, 180 days' pay.
(2A) In the case of an officer whose period of service under the Government is-
(a) not less than 5 nor more than 20 years; or
(b) more than 20 years but whose period of service to be taken into account in computing an award under regulation 26(1) is less than 20 years,
the commuted annual allowance gratuity, if any, may be supplemented by deeming his period of service to be taken into account in computing an award under regulation 26(1) to be twice his actual period of service to be taken into account in computing such award (subject to a maximum of 20 years) or the period of such service he would have completed if he had served until attaining the age of 55 years, whichever is the lesser, but an officer who has been granted a deemed increase of service under this paragraph in respect of his previous period of service shall only be eligible for a further deemed increase of service for any subsequent period of service to the extent that the total deemed increase of service does not exceed the maximum deemed increase of service specified in this paragraph:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of a computation of a gratuity where the officer's service to be so taken into account has already been deemed under regulation 26(9) to be twice his actual period of such service or the period of such service he would have completed if he had served until attaining the age of 55 years.
(2AA) In computing a deceased officer's commuted annual allowance gratuity for the purposes of paragraph (2)–
(a) the officer's service shall be deemed to include any period of untaken vacation leave for which an ex gratia payment corresponding to the salary for that period has been made;
(b) notwithstanding sub-paragraph (a), for the purpose of determining an officer's annual salary, his service shall be deemed to have ended on the date of his death.
(2B) For the purpose of supplementing under paragraph (2), (2A) or (6) the commuted annual allowance gratuity of an officer to whom such paragraph applies, where appropriate his continuous