1988 Ed.]
Pension Benefits
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(10) Where a person whose pension benefits have been cancelled or suspended, or have been reduced, in accordance with a determination under subsection (2) receives a free pardon, the pension benefits to which such person would have been entitled had he not been convicted and sentenced as specified in section 29(1) shall be restored to him with retrospective effect as from the date of cancellation, suspension or reduction; but in determining whether any arrears of such pension benefits are payable to such person and in computing the amount thereof account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under subsection (9) or, where pension benefits have been reduced, paid as reduced pension benefits.
(11) Where a person whose pension benefits have been cancelled or suspended, or have been reduced, in accordance with a determination under subsection (2), has served any sentence of imprisonment imposed on conviction, the Governor may direct that the pension benefits to which such person would have been entitled had he not been convicted and sentenced as specified in section 29(1) shall be restored to him as from the date on which he completes serving the sentence of imprisonment or any later date as the Governor shall specify in the direction, and where the Governor so directs, the pension benefits to which the direction relates shall be restored in accordance with the direction.
(12) Where a designated officer exercises a power conferred on him by section 27 or 29, the relevant cancellation, suspension or reduction, as the case may be, shall not come into operation-
(a) in case no petition is brought under subsection (6) as regards the exercise, until the time for bringing such petition has expired; or
(b) in case such a petition is brought, before the petition is either determined or withdrawn.
(Added 86 of 1988 s. 5)
Panel
29B. (1) There shall be an advisory panel (in section 29A and this section referred to as "the Panel") to perform the functions conferred on it by section 29A and this section.
(2) The Panel shall consist of 3 members of whom-
(a) 1 shall be appointed by the Governor from amongst
(i) the judiciary; or
(ii) the members of the Bar who are not public officers; or
(iii) the members of the Solicitors' profession who are not such officers;
(b) another shall be appointed by the Governor from amongst the justices of the peace who are not public officers; and
(c) the remaining member shall be a person, other than a person described in paragraph (a) or (b) or a public officer, appointed by the Governor.