CO129-612-1 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 21-1-1947 - 17-2-1948 — Page 123

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by a breakdown in health whereby an officer becanes unfit for service.

(3)

An officer, who, by his own act contributes to the breakdown

of his health and becomes unfit for further service should be placed before

a Pensions Board, who, will investigate his case, on its merits, and

decide what pension if any should be granted.

(4)

An officer injured in the course of duty and who becomes unfit

for further service should be granted the maximum pension of his salary

plus compensation, according to the circumstances of how his injuries,

permanent or partial, were recieved.

(5)

The said compensation to be awarded by a "Compensation Board"

COMMUTATION OF PENSION.

The present scheme allows for a Government servant to commute

one of his pension.

This is, no doubt, a fair schemewhereby an Officer on

retiring obtains some ready oesh, invariably to meet commitments such

as the purchase of a house or to foot the bill in the concluding stages

of his childrens education.

A scheme more favourable we suggest is :-

Assuming a full life to be that of three score years and ten, an

Officer be given the following options:

To take his full pension in the form of a gratuity.

To be allowed to commute half of his pension.

To be allowed to commite one quarter of his pension.

With regards to (a) an Officer on retiring would be written

off, thereby relieving Government of the necessity to Budget Annually

for the pension involved.