Pensions (Amendment) Ordinance

Bill No. 182/1962

Read the first time on 27th June 1962.

An Ordinance to amend the Pensions Ordinance, 1956 (No. 22 of 1956).

Be it enacted by the Yang di-Pertuan Negara with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, as follows: —

Short title and commencement

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pensions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962, and shall come into operation on such date as the Yang di-Pertuan Negara may by notification in the Gazette appoint.

Amendment of section 6

2. Section 6 of the Pensions Ordinance, 1956 (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “principal Ordinance”) is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (d) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —

“(d)

in respect of any service, including service deemed under any written law for the time being in force to be service with the Government for the purposes of this Ordinance, during which the officer was —

(i)

a member of any of the funds mentioned in Part I of the Third Schedule to this Ordinance, except upon the condition that there shall be first paid to the Government the total amount paid by the Government and any of the authorities mentioned in Part II of the said Schedule to any of the said funds on account of the officer in respect of such service, together with the interest, if any, thereon; and

(ii)

eligible for any benefits on retirement under the Singapore City Council Superannuation Fund for Subordinate Employees Rules, 1954, except upon the condition that he shall first relinquish all rights to such benefits under the said Rules.”.

Amendment of section 16

3. Subsection (4) of section 16 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (a) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —

“(a)

“one year’s pensionable emoluments” and “one year’s salary” mean, respectively, the emoluments which would be taken for the purpose of computing any pension, allowance or gratuity granted to the officer if he had retired at the date of his death in the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 7 of this Ordinance, reduced —

(i)

in the case of an officer transferred to the service of the Government from the service of an authority mentioned in Part II of the Third Schedule to this Ordinance under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force providing that service with that authority shall be deemed to have been service with the Government for the purposes of this Ordinance, by the total amount paid by the Government and any of the said authorities to any of the funds mentioned in Part I of the said Schedule, on account of the officer in respect of his service with the Government and with any of the said authorities together with the interest, if any, thereon and by the sum of money, if any, payable under the Singapore City Council Superannuation Fund for Subordinate Employees Rules, 1954, in respect of the death of the officer; and

(ii)

in the case of an officer not transferred to the service of the Government from the service of an authority as aforesaid and not in the public service on the 31st day of March 1962, by the total amount paid by the Government to the Central Provident Fund on account of the officer in respect of his public service.”.

Third Schedule

4. The principal Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new Schedule: —

“THIRD SCHEDULE

(Sections 6 and 16).

Part I

The Central Provident Fund established under the Central Provident Fund Ordinance (Cap. 150).

The Municipal Provident Fund as defined in the Local Government Integration Ordinance, 1962 (Ord. of 1962).

Part II

The Tan Tock Seng’s Hospital Corporation.

The City Council.

The Singapore Improvement Trust.”.

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