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Power to grant gratuities under 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37. s. 115 (19), and to commute allowances.
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6.—(1) Where an officer becomes after the passing of this Act entitled to compensation in pursuance of subsection (19) of section one hundred and fifteen of the principal Act, the council by whom the compensation is payable may, if they think fit, on the application of such officer, award him in lieu of an annual allowance, a gratuity according to the scale in Part One of the Seventh Schedule to the principal Act, and the amount of any such gratuity shall in case of dispute be determined by the Treasury.
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(2) Where an annual allowance has before the passing of this Act been awarded to an officer under the said subsection the council may, if they think fit, on the application of the officer, commute the allowance by the payment of a gratuity calculated on the basis contained in the Schedule to this Act.
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