Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963
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Compassionate gratuities generally. |
2.—(1) Paragraph (c) of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , is hereby amended by the deletion of “for not less than fifteen years”. | |
(2) Where— | ||
(a) an established civil servant dies without completing five years' service reckonable in computing a superannuation allowance, | ||
(b) the civil servant served prior to becoming an established civil servant in an unestablished position, and | ||
(c) the total of the civil servant's established service and unestablished service is seven years or longer, | ||
the Minister may, if he thinks fit, grant to the civil servant's dependants such compassionate gratuity as might have been granted to them under section 3 of the Superannuation Act, 1914 , if the civil servant's established service had been unestablished service. | ||
(3) Subsection (1) of this section, as well as applying in relation to retirements and removals from employment occurring after the passing of this Act, also applies in relation to retirements and removals from employment which occurred on or after the 5th day of May, 1960, and before such passing. | ||
(4) Subsection (2) of this section, as well as applying to deaths occurring after the passing of this Act, also applies in relation to deaths which occurred on or after the 5th day of May, 1960, and before such passing. | ||
(5) Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , is hereby amended by the insertion at the end of the section of “not exceeding fifteen years and, in case he has served in the employment for more than fifteen years, a further compassionate gratuity not exceeding two weeks' pay for each year of his service in his employment in excess of fifteen years ”. |