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Retirement for in- efficiency.
retirement,
(6) in the case of removal on the ground of inefficiency as provided in this Ordinance ;
(7) on retirement in circumstances, not mentioned in the preceding paragraphs of this section, rendering him eligible for a pensión under the Pensions (Governors of Dominions, &c.) Acts, 1911 to 1947, or any Act amending or replacing those Acts ;
Provided that a gratuity may be granted to a female officer, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, who retires for the reason that she has married or is about to marry, notwithstand- ing that she is not otherwise eligible under this section for the grant of any pension, gratuity or other allowance.
7. Where an officer is removed from: his office on the ground of his inability to discharge efficiently the duties thereof, and a pension, gratuity or other allowance cannot otherwise be granted to him under the provisions of this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may, if he considers it justiñable having regard to all the circumstances of the case, grant such pension, gratuity or other allowance as he thinks just and proper, not exceeding in amount that for which the officer would be eligible if he retired from the public service in the circumstances described in paragraph (5) of the preceding section.
Compulsory 8. (1) The normal age of retirement of an officer holding a pensionable office, other than a judge, shall be on attaining the age of 55 years in the case of a male officer and on attaining the age of 50 years in the case of a female officer: Provided that the Governor in Council may approve any such officer's continued service in this Colony after attaining such age.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to require an officer holding a pensionable office, other than a judge, to retire from the service of this Colony in any of the following
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(a) at any time after he attains the age of 45 years: Provided that retirement under this sub-section shall in addition be approved by the Secretary of State if such officer has not attained the normal age of retirement and such officer's appoint- ment was with the approval of the Secretary of State; or
(b) in the case of a female officer, who has entered public service after the 23rd day of June, 1932, on marriage; or (c) if he appears to the Governor to be unable to discharge efficiently the duties of his office.
8. (1) Except in cases provided for by sub-section (2) of Msxinuum
pension. this section, a pension granted to an officer under this Ordinance shall not exceed two-thirds of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by him at any time in the course of his service in this Colony.
(2) An officer who shall have been granted a pension in respect of other public service shall not at any time draw from the funds of this Colony an amount of pension which, when added to the amount of any pension or pensions drawn in respect of other public service, exceeds two-thirds of the highest pensionabla emoluments drawn by him at any time in the course of his public service: Provided that where an officer receives in respect of soine period of public service both a gratuity and a pension, the amount of such pension shall be deemed for the purpose of this sub-section to be four-thirds of its actual amount.
(3) Where the limitation prescribed by the preceding sub-section operates, the amount of the pension to be drawn from the funds of this Colony shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, in order that it may be determined with due regard to the amount of any pension or pensions to be drawn in respect of other public service.
(4) For the purposes of the preceding sub-sections an additional pension granted in respect of injury shall not be taken into account; hut where the officer is granted such an additional pension under this Ordinance, the amount thereof together with the remainder of his pension or pensions shall not excred live-sixths of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by him at any time in the course of his public service.
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pensioners
(1) Every pension granted to an officer under this Liability of Ordinance shall be subject to the following condition :-
Unless or until he has attained the age of 45 years,
he may, if physically fit for service, be called upon by the Secretary of State to accept, in lieu of his pension, an office. whether in this Colony or in other public service, not less in value, due regard being had to circumstances of climate, than the office which he held at the date of his retirement, and if a pensioner so called upon declines to accept such office the payment of his pension may be suspended until he has attained the age of 45 years.
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