Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance

Bill No. 184/1962

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
1.  This Ordinance may be cited as the Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance, 1962.
Amendment of section 7
2.  Subsection (2) of section 7 of the Pensions Ordinance, 1956 (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “principal Ordinance”) is hereby amended —
(i)by deleting the expression “; or” appearing at the end of paragraph (a) thereof and substituting therefor a colon, and inserting immediately thereafter the following proviso: —
Provided that in the case of a female officer she was in the service before the 1st day of March 1962, and has opted to retire on or after attaining the age of forty-five years; or”;
(ii)by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (g) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; or”; and
(iii)by inserting immediately after paragraph (g) thereof the following new paragraphs: —
(h)with the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, on or after completing fifteen years of service as a Gurkha serving in the Gurkha Contingent of the Singapore Police Force; or
(i)in the case of a female officer appointed to the public service on or after the 1st day of March 1962, with the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, on or after attaining the age of fifty-five years.”.
Amendment of section 9
3.  Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended —
(i)by deleting the expression “, or if a woman forty-five years” appearing in the sixth and seventh lines of paragraph (a) thereof;
(ii)by deleting paragraph (d) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —
(d)who, being a woman appointed to the public service before the 1st day of March 1962, is married or marries and has opted to remain eligible for a gratuity on marriage; or”;
(iii)by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (f) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “; or”; and
(iv)by inserting immediately after paragraph (f) thereof the following new paragraph: —
(g)who has attained, in the case of a female officer appointed to the public service on or after the 1st day of March 1962, the age of sixty years or fifty-five years if the Yang di-Pertuan Negara in any individual case so directs.”.
Amendment of section 17
4.  Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by deleting the second proviso thereto and substituting therefor the following: —
And provided further that no such gratuity shall be granted —
(a)if the officer is otherwise eligible for a pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Ordinance; or
(b)if the officer was reappointed after marriage to the public service before the 1st day of March 1962, or was appointed to such service on or after that date.”.