Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961
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Superannuation gratuities for and in respect of certain court officers. |
4.—(1) This section applies to— | |
(a) a person appointed Master of the High Court, a Taxing Master or a County Registrar after the passing of this Act, and | ||
(b) a person who, in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of this Act and of regulations under section 6 of this Act adopts the provisions of this section. | ||
(2) Upon the grant of a pension under the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951, to any person to whom this section applies, there shall be granted to that person a gratuity of an amount equal to one and one-half times the yearly amount of the pension (including any part thereof surrendered under section 7 of this Act) as reduced under subsection (5) of this section. | ||
(3) Upon the death, while holding office as Master of the High Court or as a Taxing Master or a County Registrar after five years' service or upwards as Master of the High Court or as a Taxing Master or a County Registrar, as the case may be, of any person to whom this section applies, there shall be granted to the legal personal representative of that person a gratuity of an amount equal to the yearly amount of his salary as Master of the High Court or as a Taxing Master or a County Registrar, as the case may be, at the time of his death. | ||
(4) If any person to whom a pension under the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951, and a gratuity under this section has been granted dies at a time when the amount paid to him on foot of the pension and the gratuity is less by any sum than the yearly amount of his salary as Master of the High Court or as a Taxing Master or a County Registrar, as the case may be, at the time when he ceased to hold office as Master of the High Court or as a Taxing Master or a County Registrar, as the case may be, there shall be granted to the legal personal representative of that person a gratuity of an amount equal to that sum. | ||
(5) The yearly amount payable, but for this subsection, of a pension granted under the Court Officers Acts, 1926 to 1951, to a person to whom this section applies shall be reduced by one-fourth. |