1967 Ed.]
Widows and Orphans Pension.
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Penalty for non-compliance.
17. (1) Every officer who, in the judgment of the directors-
(a) fails, omits or refuses to perform any duty cast upon him or to do any act required of him by this Ordinance, or, in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, fails, omits or refuses within a reasonable time to verify, to the satisfaction of the directors and in the manner required under subsection (6) of section 16, any declaration made by him under that section, may be adjudged by the directors to pay for each such default, omission or refusal a fine not exceeding one-hundred dollars $400; or
(b) furnishes any false information or makes any false declaration, shall forfeit at the discretion of the directors, subject to the consent of the Governor, all or any part of his rights under this Ordinance.
(Amended, 30 of 1911; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule; 22 of 1950, Schedule, and 72 of 1967, s. 10)
(2) The Accountant General shall, on the judgment of the directors being notified to him, deduct the amount of such fine from the first moneys payable to the officer as salary or otherwise, and shall pay such amount into the general revenue. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
18. (1) No widow of an officer, whose marriage was contracted after he had ceased to contribute, and no child of such marriage shall be entitled to a pension. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
(2) No widow of an officer who dies within one year from the date of his marriage shall be entitled to a pension unless a child is born of such marriage: Provided that it shall be lawful for the directors, with the consent of the Governor, to award to such last-mentioned widow all or any part of the pension to which she would have been entitled but for the provisions of this subsection. (Amended, 12 of 1910, s. 2; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 13 of 1912, Schedule)
19. The allowance or pension to an orphan shall cease in the case of a male at the age of eighteen years, and in the case of a female on marriage or at the age of twenty-one years.
20. Pensions under this Ordinance shall be calculated in accordance with the Tables and Instructions set forth in the Schedule, and the Accountant General shall pay the pensions, or cause them to be paid by the Crown Agents, as they become due.
(Replaced, 72 of 1967, s. 11)
Exclusion from benefits.
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Duration of pension to orphan.
Calculation of pensions.
Schedule.
21. Subject to the provisions of section 19, when orphans have no living mother or stepmother entitled to a pension, the pension to which the wife of the deceased contributor would have been entitled shall be paid to the orphans.
Provision for case of motherless orphans.