Saving of
19. Nothing in these regulations contained shall be prerogative construed to limit the right of the Crown or the Government to rights of the Crown. dismiss or terminate the appointment of members and without
compensation.
Citation.
Inter- pretation
Pension on account of injury of member.
Pension to dependents
when
member
killed on
duty.
SCHEDULE.
(Regulation 12)
The Special Constabulary (Pensions) Regulations, 1950.
These regulations may be cited as the Special Con- stabulary (Pensions) Regulations, 1950.
2. In these regulations-
"member" means a member of the Special Constabulary coa- stituted under the Emergency (Special Constabulary) Regulations, 1950;
'pay" has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 11 of the Emergency (Special Constabulary) Regulations, 1950, but shall not include any allowances,
3. If a member while called out for active service is permanently injured→
(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and (8) without his own default; and
(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to
the nature of his duty,
he may be granted a pension at the annual rate of the proportion of his actual pay at the date of his injury appropriate to his case as shown in the following table-
When in the opinion of the Governor in Council his capacity to contribute to his own support is-
Slightly impaired impaired
materially impaired totally destroyed
five sixtieths
: ten sixtieths
H
Afteen sixtieths twenty sixtieths.
4. (1) If a member dies as a result of injuries received- (a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and
(b) without his own default; and
(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable to
the nature of his duty,
while called out for active service, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant-
(i) to the dependants of such member a gratuity not exceeding nine months' pay: Provided that the dependants who shall be recipients of any gratuity granted under this regulation shall be such as may be named in the award in each particular case and the gratuity shall not form part of the estate for the purpose of distribution nor shall it be taken into account in computing estate duty;
(ii) if the deceased member leaves a widow, a pension to her, while unmarried and of good character, at a rate not exceeding ten sixtieths of his annual pay at the date of the injury or four hundred and eighty dollars a year, whichever is the greater or in exceptional cases at a rate not exceeding one fourth of such pay;
(iii) if the deceased member leaves a widow to whom a pension is granted under the preceding subparagraph and a child or children, a pension in respect of each child of an amount not exceeding one-eighth of the pension prescribed under the preceding subparagraph;
(iv) if the deceased member leaves a child or children, but does not leave a widow or no pension is granted to the widow, a pension in respect of each child, of double the amount prescribed by the preceding subparagraph;
(v) if the deceased member leaves a child or children and a widow to whom a pension is granted under sub- paragraph (ii) of this regulation, and the widow subsequently dies, a pension in respect of each child as from the date of the death of the widow of double the amount prescribed in subparagraph (ii) of this regulation;
(vi) if the deceased member does not leave a widow, or if no pension is granted to his widow, and if his mother was wholly or mainly dependant on him for her support, a pension to the mother, while of good character and without adequate means of support, of an amount not exceeding the pension which might have been granted to his widow? Provided that-
(A) pension shall not be payable under this regulation at
any time in respect of more than six children;
(B) in the case of pension granted under subparagraph (vi) of this regulation, if the mother is a widow at the time of the grant of the pension and subsequently re- marries; such pension shall cease as from the date of remarriage; and if it appears to the Governor in
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