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9. Where an officer is removed from his office on the Retirement ground of his inability to discharge efficiently the duties for ineffi- thereof, and a pension, gratuity, or other allowance, cannot

ciency. otherwise be granted to him under this Ordinance, the Governor in Council with the approval of the Secretary of State, may, if he considers it justifiable having regard to all the circustances of the case, grant such a pension, gratuity or other allowance as he thinks just and proper, but in no case exceeding in amount that for which the officer would be eligible if he were suffering from some infirmity of mind or body likely to be permanent.

retirement.

10.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council Compulsory to require any officer other than a judge, whenever appointed, to retire from the public service of this Colony who-

(a) appears to the Governor to be unable to discharge efficiently the duties of his office; or

(b) being a woman who has entered the public service after the commencement of this Ordinance is married.

(2) The normal age of retirement for any public officer, other than a judge, shall be deemed to have been attained if he or she-

(a) has attained the age of fifty-five years, or

(b) being an Indian subordinate officer of the Prison Department, lady medical officer, lady serving in the Education Department, or a European attendant at a Government mental hospital, or a matron, nursing sister or nurse in a Government hospital, has attained the age of fifty years;

and any such officer, who shall have attained the normal age of retirement, shall retire from the public service of the Colony unless the Governor in Council decides that his or her services shall be retained. In no case, however, except with the approval of the Secretary of State, shall the services of any such officer be retained for more than five years after he or she has attained the normal age of retirement.

pension

11.-(1) A pension granted to an officer under this Maximum Ordinance shall not exceed two-thirds of the highest pension- from all able emoluments drawn by him at any time in the course of public his service in this Colony.

(2) Where the officer has been or is granted a pension or pensions in respect of other public service, he may be granted the full pension for which he is eligible in respect of his service in this Colony, but no person may at any time draw from the funds of this Colony an amount of pension which, when added to the amount of any pension or pensions drawn in respect of other public service, exceeds two-thirds of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by such person at any time in the course of his service in this Colony or in other public service.

Provided further that where such a person receives, in respect of some period of public service, both a gratuity and a pension the amount of such pension shall be deemed, for the purpose of this sub-section, to be four-thirds of its actual amount.

(3) In a case falling under any of the limitations laid down by sub-section (2), the amount of pension to be drawn from the funds of this Colony shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, in order that it may be determined with due regard to the amount of any pension or pensions similarly to be drawn in respect of other public service

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