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Husband

entitled

to pensions benefits only if dependant. DI. 20.

Suspension of pension on re- appointment to the service. DI. 11

25. No pensions benefits or moneys related thereto

shall accrue to a husband of a female officer under

sections 19(1)(i) and 28(3), nor shall he be a beneficiary

and be entitled to exercise the option conferred by section

17, unless satisfactory evidence is produced by him to the

Secretary for the Civil Service to show that he is wholly

or mainly dependent upon his wife for support by reason of

his infirmity of mind or body, illness or old age.

26. (1) If an officer who is eligible to a pension

or to whom a pension has been granted is re-appointed to

the public service or appointed to service in any subvented

organization, the payment of the pension shall be suspended

during the period of his service after his re-appointment

or appointment, as the case may be.

(2) A pension that is suspended under subsection (1)

shall be payable with effect from the date the service of

the officer after his re-appointment or appointment ceases.

Power not to grant, or to cancel or reduce, pension.

DI. 12

27. (1) After taking into consideration the advice

of the Public Service Commission, the Governor in Council

may

(a)

refuse to grant a pension to an officer if it be

shown to the Governor in Council that the officer

wilfully suppressed facts that are material to

the grant of a pension; or