Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Ordinance

Clause 2

Amendment of section 7

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.”.