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CHILD
CARE
AND
PROTECTION
Gratuity on
death.
Pensions to
dependants
where injurie
received or
disease
contracted in
discharge of
duties.
Pensions, etc.,
not to be
assigned.
Family
Benefits
pensions.
unless the Governor-General, on such terms as he considers reasonable,
otherwise permits.
6.-41)
Where a person dies while holding the office of Children's
Advocate there shall be paid to his legal personal representative, a gratuity of
an amount equivalent to-
(a) one year's pensionable emoluments; or
(b)
the commuted pension gratuity for which the person aforesaid had
a right to opt pursuant to paragraph
5
of this Appendix on the
assumption that he retired in pensionable circumstances at the date
of his death,
whichever is the greater.
(2)
Where a person dies while in receipt of a pension pursuant to
paragraph 2, there shall be paid to his legal personal representative a gratuity
of an amount equivalent to one year's pensionable emoluments of that person
at the date of his retirement or removal from office, from which gratuity shall
be deducted any pension or gratuity already paid to that person under this Act
or under the Pensions Act or under the Judiciary Act.
7.
Where a person holding the office of Children's Advocate dies as a
result of injuries received-
(a) in the actual discharge of his duties;
(b)
in circumstances in which the injury is not wholly or mainly due to
or seriously aggravated by his own serious and culpable negligence
or misconduct; and
(c)
on account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature
of his duty,
while in that office, it shall be lawful for the Governor-General to grant to the
deceased officer's widow, children, parents or other dependants such award
as would have been made under the Pensions Act if the office of Children's
Advocate were a pensionable office for the purposes of that Act.
8.
A pension or gratuity payable under this Act shall not be assignable or
transferable except for the purpose of satisfying-
(a)
a debt due to the Government; or
(6)
an order of any court for the payment of periodical sums of money
towards the maintenance of the wife or former wife or minor
children, of the person to whom the pension or gratuity is payable,
and shall not be liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon, for or in
respect of any debt or claim whatever except a debt due to the Government.
9.-41)
For the purposes of the Pensions (Civil Service Family Benefits)
Act, the office of Children's Advocate shall be deemed to be a pensionable
office in the service of the Island.
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