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CHILD CAREAND PROTECTION
Pensions Act or the Judiciary Act such pension and gratuity as the Governor-
General thinks fit not exceeding the pension and gratuity to which he would
have been entitled had he retired in pensionable circumstances from such
office and, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6), the date of such removal
from office or retirement shall be deemed to be the date of retirement in
pensionable circumstances.
(6) Pension payable in accordance with this paragraph shall be-
(a) charged on and payable out of the Consolidated Fund; and
(6) paid monthly in arrears with effect, subject to paragraph 4, from the
date of retirement in pensionable circumstances and shall, subject
to the provisions of this Act, continue to be paid during the lifetime
of the person entitled thereto.
3. The rate of pension payable pursuant to paragraph 2 to any person shall
Rate,of
be an annual rate equivalent to the sum of one-half of his pensionable
pens''".
emoluments at the date of retirement and one-three hundred and sixtieth of
such pensionable emoluments in respect of each month of service as the
Children's Advocate.
4.
Where in accordance with paragraph 2(3) a person retires in
special
pensionable circumstances before he has attained the age of sixty-five
provision
where
Children's
the date with effect from which any pension due to him under this
Ad.vocate
retlres
Act shail be payable shall be the date on which he attains that age,
before
but, if he elects pursuant to paragraph 5 to take a reduced pension
attaining
and commuted pension gratuity, nothing in this paragraph shall
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prevent payment of the commuted gratuity at any time prior to the
attainment of that age; and
if he dies before attaining that age, and he has not made an election
to receive a reduced pension and commuted pension gratuity as
aforesaid, he shall for the purposes of paragraph 6 be deemed to
have died while holding the office of Children's Advocate.
5 . 4 1 )
Any
person to whom a pension (in this paragraph referred to as
Reduced
the original pension) is payable pursuant to paragraph 2 may, at his option
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exercisable at his retirement in pensionable circumstances or within such
.
period prior or subsequent to his retirement as the Governor-General may
allow, be paid, in lieu of the original pension, a reduced pension at the rate of
three-fourths of the annual rate of the original pension together with a
gratuity (in this Act referred to as a commuted pension gratuity) equal to
twelve and one-half times one-quarter of the annual rate of the original
pension.
(2)
The option referred to
in
sub-paragraph (1) shall be irrevocable
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