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CAP. 89]

Is. 16 cont.]

Pensions to dependants

when an

officer is

killed on duty.

Pensions.

Governor in Council shall name as the recipient, a gratuity of an amount not exceeding his annual pensionable emoluments.

(2) Such gratuity if granted to the legal personal representative shall form part of the estate of the officer for purposes of distribution but, nevertheless, no estate duty shall be payable in respect thereof, and its addition to the principal value of the estate shall not be taken into consideration for the purpose of increasing the rate at which estate duty on the remainder of the estate may be payable.

(3) For the purpose of this section, "annual pensionable emoluments" means the emoluments which would be taken for the purpose of computing any pension or gratuity granted to the officer if he had retired at the date of his death in the circumstances described in paragraph (e) of section 6.

17. (1) Where any officer dies as a result of injuries received-

(a) in the actual discharge of his duty; and

(b) without his own default; and

(c) on account of circumstances specifically attributable

to the nature of his duty;

while in the service of the Government of this Colony it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant, in addition to the grant, if any, of a gratuity-

(i) if the deceased officer leaves a widow, a pension to her, while unmarried and of good character, at a rate not exceeding one-sixth of his annual pensionable emoluments at the date of the injury or four hundred and eighty dollars a year, whichever is the greater or in exceptional cases at a rate not exceeding one-fourth of such emoluments;

(ii) if the deceased officer leaves a widow to whom a pension is granted under the preceding sub-paragraph and a child or children, a pension in respect of each child of an amount not exceeding one-eighth of the pension prescribed under the preceding sub-paragraph;

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