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(8) For the purposes of subsection (1), an officer wl dies in the circumstances mentioned in section 18(1)(a), (b) and (c) shall be deemed to have not less than 2 years' qualifying service.

(9) This section shall not apply in the case of a death of an officer or pensioner where benefits corresponding to a death gratuity under this section are paid or payable under the Oversea Superannuation Scheme in respect of the death.";

(u) in subsection (1) of section 18-

(i) by deleting "of the Colony";

(ii) in paragraph (i)—

(A) by deleting "and of good character"; and

(B) by deleting "$1,608" and substituting the following---

"$12,000";

(iii) in paragraph (iii) by deleting the semicolon at the end and substituting a colon and inserting the following-

"Provided that the pension granted to a child or children under this paragraph shall be not less than $6,000 a year where no other pension is granted under this section;" (iv) in paragraph (iv) by deleting the semicolon at the end and substituting a colon and inserting the following-

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"Provided that the pension granted to a child or children under this paragraph shall be not less than $6,000 a year where no other pension is granted under this section;"; (v) in paragraph (v) by deleting "of good character and"; (vi) by deleting the colon at the end of paragraph (v) and sub- stituting a semicolon;

(vii) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (v)— "(vi) if the deceased officer does not leave a surviving spouse, or if no pension is granted to the surviving spouse, or does not leave any children or mother to whom a pension is granted, and the father of the deceased officer was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased officer for his support, a pension to the father, while without adequate means of support, of an amount not exceeding the pension which might have been granted to his sur- viving spouse under paragraph (i):";

(viii) in the proviso-

(A) by deleting "is a surviving spouse at the time of the

grant of the pension and" in paragraph (b);

(B) by deleting "Secretary of State" in both places where it occurs in paragraph (b) and substituting in each case the following-

"Governor"; and

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(C) by inserting the following paragraph after para-

graph (b)

“(bb) in the case of a pension granted under para- graph (vi), such pension shall cease as from