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Forfeiture of allowance in case of grave misconduct.
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81.—(1) Where an officer or servant of a mental hospital authority is on account of grave misconduct removed from office or dismissed, he shall not be entitled to receive under this Part of this Act any allowance or lump sum referable in whole or in part to his service under a mental hospital authority prior to such removal or dismissal.
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(2) The mental hospital authority in whose service an officer or servant to whom this section is applicable was immediately before his removal from office or dismissal may, in their discretion, pay (subject to the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 31 of the Finance Act, 1922) to such officer or servant or to or in respect of any person whom he is liable to maintain a sum equal to the whole or part of the aggregate of his contributions under this Part of this Act.
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(3) In this section the expression “grave misconduct” means misconduct which the mental hospital authority, in whose service the relevant officer or servant was immediately before his removal from office or dismissal, determine, with the consent of the Minister, to be grave misconduct.
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