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officer is granted such an additional pension, the amount

thereof together with any authorized increase and any other

pension or pensions granted to him shall not exceed

five-sixths of the highest pensionable emoluments enjoyed

or drawn by him or the notional highest pensionable

emoluments deemed to have been enjoyed or drawn by him in

the course of his service, whichever is the greater.

(3) An officer who is granted a persion in respect of

other public service shall not at any time draw from the

general revenue an amount of pension which, when added to

the amount of any pension or pensions granted in respect of

other public service, exceeds two-thirds of the highest

pensionable emoluments enjoyed or drawn by him or the

notional highest pensionable emoluments deemed to have been

enjoyed or drawn by him in the course of his service,

whichever is the greater:

Provided that where an officer is granted in respect

of some period of his public service both a commuted

pension gratuity and a reduced pension in accordance with

section 24, the amount of such reduced pension shall be

deemed for the purposes of this subsection to be -

(a) where the option to commute any part of a pension

in return for the payment of a commuted pension

gratuity has been exercised under section 24, the

amount if that option had not been exercised; or