Pensions (Amendment) Bill

Bill No. 12/1978

Read the first time on 27th February 1978.
An Act to amend the Pensions Act (Chapter 55 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1978.
Amendment of section 7
2.  Section 7 of the Pensions Act is hereby amended —
(a)by deleting the expression “; or” at the end of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor a colon and by inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso: —
Provided that —
(i)where the President is satisfied that such an officer is physically or mentally incapacitated so as to be unable to continue in any employment before he has attained the minimum age of retirement applicable to him, he may be granted a pension, gratuity or other allowance with effect from the date he satisfies the President that he is so physically or mentally incapacitated; or
(ii)where such an officer dies before he has attained the minimum age of retirement applicable to him, his dependants or legal personal representatives may be paid a gratuity in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of this Act; or”; and
(b)by deleting paragraph (a) of the proviso to subsection (4) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —
(a)where the President is satisfied that such an officer is physically or mentally incapacitated so as to be unable to continue in any employment before he has attained the minimum age, he may be granted a pension, gratuity or other allowance with effect from the date he satisfies the President that he is so physically or mentally incapacitated;”.