Schedule 1

the service of the Government for not less than 10 years, may on his or her

retirement be granted a pension at the rate of one six-hundredth (1/600th) of his or

her annual pensionable emoluments in respect of each complete month of

pensionable service subject to the limit prescribed in section 14 of the Act.

on

1

July

1956

may

be

permitted

to

draw

pension

at

the

rate

of

one

seven-hundred-and-twentieth

(1/720th)

of

his

or

her

pensionable

emoluments in respect of each complete month of pensionable service with an

addition of sixty seven-hundred-and-twentieths (60/720ths) of his or her

pensionable emoluments subject to the limit prescribed in section 14 of the Act.

Pensionable service

5. For the purpose of computing the amount of a pension or gratuity to be

granted to an officer, the following periods, subject to any deduction to be made

under regulation 8, must be taken into account as pensionable service:

first appointment and in respect of which he or she was paid half or full

salary from the funds of the Government;

with full salary or half salary;

without salary, granted on grounds of public policy with the approval

of the President, and during which he or she has not qualified for

pension or gratuity in respect of other public service;

public service or for service under a public body with the approval of

the President;

salary to serve under a private body with the approval of the President

unless the officer has exercised an irrevocable option not to have the

period taken into account as pensionable service;

non-pensionable office established under the Constitution and

regulation 25 does not apply.

Service to be unbroken

6.—

be unbroken, except in cases where —

temporary suspension of employment not arising from misconduct or

voluntary resignation; or

Instruction Manual for the time being in force on the election of an

officer as a Member of Parliament or of any local government

authority.

ill health, abolition of office or reorganisation designed to effect

greater

efficiency

and

economy,

and

has

subsequently

been

re-employed in the public service,

may, if the relevant Pension Authority thinks fit, be granted the pension or gratuity

for which the officer would have been eligible if any break in his or her public

service immediately prior to such suspension, re-employment or employment had

not occurred and such pension shall be in lieu of —

service under the Government; and

of the application to the officer of this paragraph,

but in addition to any gratuity so granted which is not required to be refunded.

is to be taken for any purposes of the period during which the officer was not in

public service.

Acting service

7. Where an officer has performed acting service in a pensionable office under

the Government, the period of the service may be taken into account as

pensionable service if the period of such acting service —

office and is not taken into account as part of the officer’s own

pensionable service in other public service; and

capacity in a pensionable office under the Government or in an office

which is a pensionable office as regards previous service, and not

otherwise.

Non-pensionable service when to count

8.—

pensionable service.

pensionable office is immediately followed by service in a pensionable

office and the officer is confirmed therein, the whole of such period

may be taken into account as pensionable service;

may likewise be disregarded in determining for the purposes of

sub-paragraph (a) whether one period of service immediately follows

another period of service;

has served on duty in Malaya or in Brunei Darussalam, whether in a

pensionable office or not, may be regarded as pensionable service; and

Forces immediately prior to the officer’s transfer to the public service

and which period would have counted as pensionable service under the

Singapore Armed Forces (Pensions) Regulations, may be regarded as

pensionable service.

War service how reckoned

9. Any period during which an officer absent on leave from Singapore has, with

the consent of the President, served with the Singapore Armed Forces or in any

capacity connected with a state of war, may be reckoned as service on full pay for

the purposes of these Regulations.

Full-time national service is deemed to be public service and period of such

service may be reckoned as pensionable service

10.—

or under the provisions of any written law repealed by that Act, is deemed to be

public service and a person who has rendered such service, either before or after

the person became the holder of a pensionable office, is deemed to have been or to

have continued to be (as the case may be) an officer in the public service for the

period of such full-time national service for the purposes of the Act.

under section 12 of the Enlistment Act 1970 or under the provisions of any written

law repealed by that Act, may be reckoned as service qualifying for pension,

gratuity or other allowance, as the case may be.

national service and the date of the person’s assumption of duty or resumption of

duty (as the case may be) in the public service may be deemed to be a period of

temporary suspension of employment for the purposes of the Act.

Officers seconded to public body

11. Where an officer has been seconded from a pensionable office to an office or

class of office which is not pensionable or to service under a public body, the

period of the temporary employment must be reckoned for the purpose of pension,

gratuity or other allowance, provided that —

be eligible for a pension; and

have held, during the period of such seconded service, a pensionable

office to which are attached pensionable emoluments equal to those of

the pensionable office from which he or she was seconded.

Emoluments on which pensions to be computed

12.—

which are not based on a scale of increments, for a period of not less

than 3 years immediately preceding the date of the officer’s retirement,

on the pensionable emoluments payable to him or her at that date in

respect of that office;

transferred from one such office to another, but the officer’s

pensionable emoluments have not been changed by reason of such

transfer or transfers, on the pensionable emoluments payable to him or

her at the date of his or her retirement in respect of the office then held

by him or her;

the pensionable emoluments of which are based on a scale of

increments, for a period of not less than 3 years immediately

preceding the date of the officer’s retirement, on the pensionable

emoluments payable to him or her at that date in respect of that office

or as an officer of that class, except that where 2 or more classes are

subject to one time scale, they must be treated for this purpose as one

class; and

emoluments payable to the officer during a period of 3 years

immediately preceding the date of the officer’s retirement, except

that —

3 years of the date of the officer’s retirement, any services in an

office or class of office in which the officer served within those

3 years must, for the purposes of computation under this

regulation, be deemed to be service on the highest pensionable

emoluments paid to the officer in that office or class; and

3 years of the date of the officer’s retirement, his or her pension

may be calculated as if the officer had not been so promoted if

this should be to his or her advantage.

applicable, be computed subject to the following conditions:

an officer during the 3 years immediately preceding the date of the

officer’s retirement have been increased at any time during that period,

the pension or gratuity shall be computed on one-third (⅓rd) of the

aggregate increased pensionable emoluments attached to those posts,

as if the increased pensionable emoluments had been in force and

payable during the whole of such period;

service, the pension or gratuity shall be computed on the average

amount of the pensionable emoluments payable to the officer during

his or her pensionable service;

officer at the date of the officer’s retirement have been reduced for

misconduct, the pension or gratuity shall be computed on the

pensionable emoluments payable to him or her at that date or on the

average amount of the pensionable emoluments payable to the officer

during a period of 3 years immediately preceding that date, whichever

is the less.

officer who dies in the public service shall be computed on the basis of

the pensionable emoluments payable to the officer on the date of his or

her death; and

under section 11(2)(c) of the Act in circumstances where that officer

would be eligible for any benefit under regulation 20 or 22 shall be

computed on the basis of the pensionable emoluments payable to that

officer immediately preceding the date of his or her retirement.

Pensions granted for whole-time and part-time service

13.—

be granted under these Regulations to any officer whose whole-time is not given to

the public service.

on the basis of the proportion the part-time service bears to whole-time service

over the same period.

PART 3

PENSION, GRATUITY AND ALLOWANCE

Gratuity and reduced pension for Gurkha

14.—

of the Singapore Police Force (referred to in this regulation as an officer) to whom

a pension is granted under the Act may —

reduced pension at the rate of three-fourths (¾ths) of such pension

together with a commuted pension gratuity equal to 12½ times the

annual value of the reduction so made in the pension; or

reduced pension together with a commuted pension gratuity of an

amount equal to one one-hundred-and-twentieth (1/120th) of the

officer’s one year’s pensionable emoluments in respect of each

complete month of pensionable service subject to a maximum of the

officer’s pensionable emoluments for 3 years.

the officer’s annual pension less two twenty-fifths (2/25ths) of the gratuity granted

to him or her.

expiration of 12 years and 6 months from the date the officer is granted the

reduced pension, be eligible for the full pension as if there had been no reduction.

under the Act may, at the officer’s option exercisable in accordance with this

regulation, be paid in lieu of the reduced pension together with a gratuity the full

pension without any gratuity.

revoked, not later than the day immediately preceding the date of the officer’s

retirement.

under paragraph (4) before the day preceding the date of the officer’s retirement,

the relevant Pension Authority may, if it appears in the circumstances equitable to

do so, allow the officer to exercise the option at any time between that date and the

date of award of a pension to the officer.

officer has finally retired but before a pension has been awarded to him or her, it is

lawful for the relevant Pension Authority to grant a gratuity and a reduced

pension, as if the officer before his or her death had not exercised the option.

Pension options

15.—

under the Act may, at his or her option exercisable in accordance with this

regulation, be paid —

1 January 1995 —

accordance with regulation 16; or

regulation 16 without any pension; or

regulation 16 without any pension.

the date of the officer’s retirement, except that if the officer has not exercised the

option before the day preceding the date of his or her retirement, the relevant

Pension Authority may, if it appears in the circumstances equitable to do so, allow

the officer to exercise the option at any time between that date and the day prior to

the date of payment of a pension or gratuity to him or her.

paragraph (5), irrevocable so far as concerns any pension or gratuity to be granted

to him or her under the Act.

regulation is deemed to have opted to receive a commuted pension gratuity

ascertained in accordance with regulation 16 without any pension.

exercised in accordance with this regulation shall, after the expiration of 12 years

and 6 months from the date he or she was granted the reduced pension, be eligible

for the full pension as if there had been no reduction.

commuted pension gratuity ascertained in accordance with regulation 16, the

commuted pension gratuity is, unless suspended, payable as follows:

a sum equal to the difference between the total amount paid by the

Government to the Central Provident Fund on account of the officer

with respect to the officer’s service, and the total amount payable by

the Government to the Central Provident Fund on account of the

officer with respect to the same service if the officer had not been on

the pensionable establishment, together with the interest thereon, must

be paid to the officer’s account in the Central Provident Fund; and

officer.

regulation 16 is less than the sum referred to in paragraph (6)(a), the entire

commuted pension gratuity must be paid to the officer’s account in the Central

Provident Fund.

or payable by the Government to the Central Provident Fund in respect of any

officer must not include reference to any amount thereof which is recoverable

from the officer’s salary under the Central Provident Fund Act 1953.

of the Singapore Police Force.

Reduced pension plus gratuity and commuted pension gratuity

16.—

is —

less

two

twenty-fifths

(2/25ths)

of

the

gratuity

specified

in

sub-paragraph (b); and

her one year’s pensionable emoluments in respect of each complete

month of pensionable service subject to a maximum of his or her

pensionable emoluments for 3 years.

amount of such pension that may be granted to an officer under the

Act; or

age in the circumstances described in section 11(2)(e) or (i) of the Act,

a capital sum ascertained in accordance with sub-paragraph (a), from

which sum there must be a discount at the relevant discount rate in

respect of each year or part thereof falling between the day he or she

will attain his or her minimum age and either the date of his or her

retirement or the date to which the gratuity is suspended under

section 11(4) of the Act, whichever is the later date.

“commutation factor” means 175.14;

“discount rate” means 5%;

“minimum age” has the same meaning as in section 11(6) of the Act;

“relevant commutation factor” and “relevant discount rate”, in relation to an

officer, mean the commutation factor and discount rate specified in this

paragraph as in force on either the date of the officer’s retirement from the

public service in Singapore or his or her appointment to such public

service, whichever is the more favourable; and for this purpose, all

officers appointed to the public service in Singapore before 1 January

1995 are deemed to be appointed to the public service in Singapore on that

date.

Case of pensioner re-employed

17.—

appointed to another office in the public service in Singapore, the payment of his

or her pension may, if the relevant Pension Authority thinks fit, be suspended

during the period of his or her re-employment.

or under any written law repealed by the Act or, in respect of other public service,

under the law or regulations applicable thereto, is appointed to another office in

the public service in Singapore and subsequently retires in circumstances in which

he or she may be granted a pension, he or she may be granted, subject to

paragraph (3) and in lieu of his or her previous pension or gratuity, a pension

computed as if the periods of his or her service had been continuous, and such

pension may be based on his or her pensionable emoluments at the date of his or

her previous or his or her final retirement from the service of the Government,

whichever is the greater.

and reduced pension, there must be refunded to the Government the

amount, if any, by which such gratuity together with the total amount

of such reduced pension paid during the period of retirement exceeds

the total amount of the pension at full pension rate which would have

been payable during such period if the officer had not elected to

receive gratuity and reduced pension; or

only, there must be refunded to the Government the amount, if any, by

which such gratuity exceeds the total amount of the pension at the full

pension rate which would have been payable during the period of

retirement, if no regard had been had to the minimum period of service

qualifying for a pension and the officer had been granted a pension in

respect of the service on account of which the gratuity was granted.

Abolition or reorganisation of office

18.—

public service in consequence of the abolition of his or her office or for the

purpose of facilitating improvement in the department in which he or she belongs

by which greater efficiency or economy can be effected, he or she may be granted

a pension at the rate of —

emoluments in respect of each complete month of pensionable

service until two-hundred-and-forty five-hundredths (240/500ths) is

reached; and

pensionable service in excess of 240 months.

pension for which the officer would have been eligible under regulation 4 if he or

she had continued to hold his or her office until he or she reached the age at which

he or she might be required to retire, or the maximum pension prescribed in

section 14 of the Act.

condition that the officer shall be liable to be recalled for service in Singapore.

or if there is no reason in the opinion of the relevant Pension Authority to expect

that he or she can shortly be re-employed, a pension may be granted to him or her

free from the condition mentioned in paragraph (3).

Application of regulations 20 to 23 to all officers

19. Unless otherwise expressly provided, regulations 20 to 23 apply to all

officers in the public service in Singapore, whether appointed before or after

1 April 1986.

Allowance for injured officers

20.—

service of the Government, whether serving in a pensionable or non-pensionable

office —

without his or her own fault, by some injury specifically attributable to

the nature of his or her duty;

opinion of the relevant Pension Authority, justify exceptional

treatment; or

nature of his or her duty, not being a disease wholly or mainly due to or

seriously aggravated by his or her own serious and culpable negligence

or misconduct,

and his or her retirement, on the recommendation of a medical board or of a

medical practitioner approved by the relevant Pension Authority, is thereby

necessitated or materially accelerated, the person may be granted in respect of

such injury or disease, in addition to any pension, gratuity or other allowance

granted under these Regulations, an annual allowance at the rate of the proportion

of his or her emoluments at the date of his or her injury or contraction of the

disease, as shown in the following table:

where his or her capacity to contribute to his or her support is —

five-sixtieths (5/60ths);

ten-sixtieths (10/60ths);

fifteen-sixtieths (15/60ths);

twenty-sixtieths (20/60ths).

granted under these Regulations, shall exceed the limit prescribed in section 14 of

the Act.

relevant Pension Authority thinks reasonable in the following cases:

continued to serve for not less than one year after such injury, or after

contracting such ill health or disease in respect of which he or she

retires;

1 July 1956, not less than 50 years old at the date of such injury,

or contraction of such ill health or disease; and

of such injury, or contraction of such ill health or disease; or

retirement, but the retirement is caused partly by age or infirmity not

due to such injury, ill health or disease.

pensionable office and his or her length of service is not such as to qualify him or

her for a pension under regulation 4, but he or she is qualified for a gratuity under

regulation 26, he or she may be granted in lieu of such gratuity an annual

allowance of one six-hundredth (1/600th) of his or her annual pensionable

emoluments for each complete month of pensionable service in addition to the

allowance which may be awarded to him or her under this regulation.

qualified for either a pension under regulation 4 or a gratuity under regulation 26

may nevertheless be granted a pension of the same amount as the additional

allowance which he or she might have been granted if he or she had been so

qualified.

respect of the same injury, be —

Act 2019 or the Work Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354,

2009 Revised Edition) repealed by that Act (called in these

Regulations the relevant Work Injury Compensation Act); and

he or she shall be required to elect whether he or she will receive compensation

under that Act or an allowance under this regulation.

relevant Work Injury Compensation Act, he or she must receive no allowance

under this regulation.

this regulation and having been granted such allowance, subsequently institutes

proceedings under the relevant Work Injury Compensation Act in respect of the

same injury on account of which such allowance was granted, such allowance may

be cancelled at any time.

Singapore at the commencement or termination of his or her service

therein or of a period of leave therefrom, is permanently injured as the

result of damage to the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in which he or she is

travelling or of any act of violence directed against himself or herself

or against such vessel, aircraft or vehicle; and

attributable to circumstances arising out of a war in which Singapore

may be engaged,

the officer is deemed, for the purposes of this regulation, to have been injured in

the circumstances described in paragraph (1).

to any aircraft in which he or she is being carried in pursuance of official

instructions, he or she is deemed for the purposes of this regulation to have been

injured in the actual discharge of his or her duty and by some injury specifically

attributable to the nature of his or her duty.

read in conjunction with paragraph (10) to any person to whom paragraph (10)

may apply, the following table shall be substituted for that appearing in

paragraph (1):

where his or her capacity to contribute to his or her support is —

seven and a half-sixtieths (71/2/60ths);

fifteen-sixtieths (15/60ths);

impaired

twenty-two and a half-sixtieths

(221/2/60ths);

thirty-sixtieths (30/60ths).

instructions where —

member of the crew or as a passenger;

the Minister or the Head of his or her Department;

general circular issued by authority from the office of the Minister.

have come into operation on 3 September 1939.

for employment by the Government on or after 30 April 1955 who, in

consequence of injury, is entitled to compensation under the relevant Work

Injury Compensation Act.

Pensions, etc., to dependants when officer is killed on duty

21.—

received —

his or her duty,

while in the public service in Singapore, whether serving in a pensionable or

non-pensionable office, the relevant Pension Authority may grant, in addition to

the gratuity, if any, granted in accordance with section 20 of the Act —

unmarried

and

of

good

character,

at

a

rate

not

exceeding

ten-sixtieths

(10/60ths)

of

the

deceased’s

annual

pensionable

emoluments at the date of the injury or $240 a year, whichever is

the greater;

under sub-paragraph (d) and a child or children, a pension in respect of

each child, until such child attains the age of 18 years, of an amount not

exceeding one-thirtieth (1/30th) of the deceased’s annual pensionable

emoluments but not less than $60 a year;

widow or no pension is granted to the widow, a pension in respect of

each child, until such child attains the age of 18 years, of double the

amount prescribed by sub-paragraph (e);

a pension is granted under sub-paragraph (d), and the widow

subsequently dies or remarries, a pension in respect of each child as

from the date of the death or remarriage of the widow, until such child

attains the age of 18 years, of double the amount prescribed in

sub-paragraph (e); or

granted to the deceased’s widow, and if the deceased’s mother was

wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased for her support, a pension

to the mother, while of good character and without adequate means of

support, of an amount not exceeding the pension which might have

been granted to the deceased’s widow.

a widow at the time of the grant of the pension and subsequently

remarries, the pension must cease as from the date of remarriage; and if

it appears to the relevant Pension Authority at any time that the mother

is adequately provided with other means of support, the pension must

cease as from such date as the relevant Pension Authority may

determine;

upon the marriage of such child below the age of 18 years;

respect of more than 6 children, but the relevant Pension Authority

may in cases of hardship authorise payment of pensions in respect of

more than 6 children; and

Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Revised Edition)

repealed by the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019) is

entitled to compensation under the repealed Work Injury

Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Revised Edition); or

Injury Compensation Act 2019) is entitled to compensation

under that Act.

“child” includes —

and wholly or mainly dependent upon the deceased officer for

support; and

provision before the date of injury, and dependent upon the

deceased officer for support;

“pensionable emoluments”, in relation to an officer not holding a pensionable

office, means the emoluments enjoyed by the officer which would have

been pensionable emoluments if the office held by the officer had been a

pensionable office.

Singapore at the commencement or termination of his or her service

therein, or of a period of leave therefrom dies as a result of damage to

the vessel, aircraft or vehicle, in which he or she is travelling or of any

act of violence directed against himself or herself or against such

vessel, aircraft or vehicle; and

attributable to circumstances arising out of a war in which Singapore

may be engaged,

the officer is deemed, for the purposes of this regulation, to have died in the

circumstances described in paragraph (1).

to any aircraft in which the officer is being carried in pursuance of official

instructions, as defined in regulation 20(12), the officer is deemed to have died as

a result of injuries received in the actual discharge of his or her duty and on

account of circumstances specifically attributable to the nature of his or her duty.

officer referred to in paragraph (5), paragraph (1) must be read as if —

words “ten-sixtieths (10/60ths)” appearing in sub-paragraph (d) of that

paragraph; and

“one-thirtieth (1/30th)” appearing in sub-paragraph (e) of that

paragraph.

into operation on 3 September 1939.

which, in the opinion of the relevant Pension Authority, justify exceptional

treatment, regulations 22 and 23 apply in lieu of this regulation as if the officer

were a police officer.

Allowance for injured police officers and pensions, etc., when police officer

is killed on duty

22.—

report for duty or to return home after duty;

scope of a constable’s ordinary duties;

duty;

in protecting life or property from fire,

the police officer is deemed to have sustained an injury in the execution of his or

her duty.

involving special risks, is deemed to be a non-accidental injury.

the execution of his or her duty, the relevant Pension Authority may grant the

police officer —

specified in Scale No. 1 in Table A;

specified in Scale No. 2 in Table A; or

accidental or non-accidental, such rate intermediate between the rates

specified in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) as the Commissioner of Police

may determine.

in the execution of his or her duty, it shall be lawful for the relevant Pension

Authority to grant the police officer any of the following:

as the degree of disablement bears to total disablement, except that —

pay as is specified if the injury was non-accidental in Scale

No. 3 in Table A, and otherwise in Scale No. 4 in that Table;

and

such amount as would from time to time be payable to a

member of the Singapore Police Force in the same rank in

respect of children’s allowances;

of exceptional merit, a gratuity of an amount not exceeding one year’s

salary calculated at the rate of salary drawn by the disabled member of

the Singapore Police Force at the time of the receipt of the injury.

the police officer’s duties, the relevant Pension Authority may grant, in addition to

the gratuity, if any, granted in accordance with section 20 of the Act —

unmarried and of good character, at the rate of one-third (1/3rd) of the

deceased’s annual pensionable emoluments at the date of the injury,

except that the minimum amount of pension so payable must be $240 a

year;

under sub-paragraph (a) and a child or children, a pension in respect of

each child, until the child attains the age of 18 years, at the rate of

one-fifteenth

(1/15th)

of

the

deceased’s

annual

pensionable

emoluments;

widow or no pension is granted to the widow, a pension in respect of

each child, until such child attains the age of 18 years, at the rate of

two-fifteenths

(2/15ths)

of

the

deceased’s

annual

pensionable

emoluments;

a pension is granted under sub-paragraph (a), and the widow

subsequently dies or remarries, a pension in respect of each child as

from the date of the death or remarriage of the widow, until the child

attains the age of 18 years, at the rate of two-fifteenths (2/15ths) of the

deceased’s annual pensionable emoluments;

under sub-paragraph (a), a pension at the rate of one-eighth (1/8th) of

the deceased’s annual pensionable emoluments may be paid to the

deceased’s mother, or, where the deceased’s mother is dead, to the

deceased’s father, while of good character and without adequate means

of support, if the mother or (as the case may be) the father was wholly

or mainly dependent on the deceased for support at the time of the

deceased’s death; or

granted to the

deceased’s widow, a pension at

the rate of

one-fourth (1/4th) of the deceased’s annual pensionable emoluments

may be paid to the deceased’s mother, or, where the deceased’s mother

is dead, to the deceased’s father, while of good character and without

adequate means of support, if the mother or (as the case may be) the

father was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased for support at

the time of the deceased’s death.

mother is a widow at the time of the grant of the pension and

subsequently remarries, the pension must cease as from the date of

remarriage; and if it appears to the relevant Pension Authority at any

time that the mother or (as the case may be) the father is adequately

provided with other means of support, the pension must cease as from

such date as the relevant Pension Authority may determine;

upon the marriage of the child below the age of 18 years;

more than 6 children, but the relevant Pension Authority may in cases

of hardship authorise payment of pensions in respect of more than

6 children; and

Injury Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Revised Edition)

repealed by the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019) is

entitled to compensation under the repealed Work Injury

Compensation Act (Cap. 354, 2009 Revised Edition); or

Injury Compensation Act 2019) is entitled to compensation

under that Act.

any employment, and, in the case of partial disablement, the degree of disablement

must be based upon the degree to which earning capacity is affected.

Additional compensation for injured police officer or when police officer is

killed on duty

23.—

execution of the police officer’s duties, the relevant Pension Authority may grant

to such of the police officer’s dependants as the Pension Authority may think fit,

or if there are no dependants to the police officer’s legal personal representatives,

in addition to the gratuity payable under section 20 of the Act and any pension

payable to the police officer’s dependants in accordance with regulation 22(5),

compensation equivalent to the difference between —

Work Injury Compensation Act, as if the police officer were an

employee under that Act; and

permanent total disablement from an injury received in the execution of the police

officer’s duty which enables the police officer to qualify for a pension under

regulation 22(3), he or she may elect to be paid a compensation in lieu of such

pension, in which event the relevant Pension Authority may grant to the police

officer as compensation —

Injury Compensation Act, as if the police officer were an employee

under that Act; or

as if the police officer had died from the injury,

whichever is the greater.

account of a permanent total disablement arising from an injury received in the

execution of the police officer’s duty and has been receiving a pension under

regulation 22, dies within 5 years from the date the police officer received the

injury, the relevant Pension Authority may grant, subject to paragraph (4), to such

of the police officer’s dependants as the Pension Authority may think fit, or if

there are no dependants, to the police officer’s legal personal representatives —

had died from the injury; and

have received under the relevant Work Injury Compensation

Act, as if the police officer had died from the injury and as if the

police officer were an employee under that Act; or

the Act as if the police officer had died from the injury,

whichever is the greater.

representatives of a deceased police officer under paragraph (3)(b) must be

reduced by the aggregate amount of the pension already paid to the deceased

police officer under regulation 4 from the date of his or her retirement to the date

of his or her death.

exceeds the compensation payable under paragraph (3)(b), the excess amount is,

subject to paragraph (6), recoverable by regular monthly deductions from the

pension

payable

to

the

dependants

of

the

deceased

pensioner

under

regulation 22(5).

deceased pensioner under paragraph (5) should, if it is reasonably practicable,

leave a balance adequate for the maintenance of the dependants.

than 10 years of service sustains a permanent total disablement from an injury

received in the execution of the police officer’s duty, the relevant Pension

Authority may grant to the officer, in addition to a pension payable under

regulation 22, as compensation —

Injury Compensation Act, as if the police officer had died from the

injury and as if the police officer were an employee under that Act; or

as if the police officer had died from the injury,

whichever is the greater.

paragraph (7) is not entitled to receive any benefits payable under regulation 26.

non-pensionable employees of the Government under the Central Provident Fund

Act 1953 and who has completed less than 10 years of service, sustains a

permanent total disablement from an injury received in the execution of his or her

duty which enables the police officer to qualify for a pension under

regulation 22(3), he or she may elect to be paid a compensation in lieu of such

pension, in which event the relevant Pension Authority may grant to the police

officer as compensation —

Injury Compensation Act as if the police officer were an employee

under that Act; or

as if the police officer had died from the injury,

whichever is the greater.

injury received in the execution of the police officer’s duty and is entitled to a

pension payable under regulation 22(4), the police officer may elect to be paid a

compensation in lieu of such pension, in which event the relevant Pension

Authority may grant to the officer as compensation a sum equivalent to the amount

calculated for permanent partial incapacity under the relevant Work Injury

Compensation Act, as if the police officer were an employee under that Act.

personal representatives, is or are entitled to receive any benefits under section 20

of the Act or under these Regulations, the relevant Pension Authority may on the

grounds of exceptional circumstances increase the amount of benefits payable by

another 30%.

pension payable to the police officer or his or her dependants under paragraph (11)

must not exceed the officer’s last drawn pensionable emoluments.

Allowance for service in non-pensionable office

24.—

a temporary month-to-month basis or on monthly salary who retires in

circumstances in which the officer might have been granted a pension had the

officer held a pensionable office may, if he or she has continuously served in the

Government for not less than 15 years, be granted an annual allowance not

exceeding three-fourths (3/4ths) of the pension which he or she might have been

granted had he or she been employed in a pensionable office.

officer, with the approval of the relevant Pension Authority, a capital sum equal to

the amount of 5 of such annual payments.

or

annual allowance in accordance with paragraph (4).

and in its application references to “pension” in that regulation must be read as

references to “annual allowance”, except that —

rate of three-fourths (3/4ths) of his or her annual allowance; and

121/2 times the annual value of the reduction so made in his or her

allowance.

on or after 7 December 1984.

PART 4

MISCELLANEOUS

Transfer from pensionable to non-pensionable office

25.—

non-pensionable office then at the option of such officer —

though it were service in a pensionable office at the pensionable

emoluments payable to the officer immediately prior to the transfer; or

it were service in a non-pensionable office.

1 January 2015, is in a pensionable office established under the Constitution and

who is transferred, on or after that date to a non-pensionable office established

under the Constitution.

Gratuity where service insufficient for pension

26. Every officer, otherwise qualified for a pension, who has not completed the

minimum period of service qualifying for a pension, may be granted on retirement

a gratuity not exceeding five-six-hundredths (5/600ths) of his or her annual

pensionable emoluments in respect of each complete month of pensionable

service.

Gratuity when nothing else is provided

27.—

circumstances described in the first column of Table B, be granted to any officer

holding a non-pensionable office or a pensionable office on a temporary

month-to-month basis to whom regulation 24 does not apply.

Table B.

1956.

on or after 7 December 1984.

Conditions of pension

28. It shall be a condition of the grant of every pension or other allowance that

the relevant Pension Authority may cancel or reduce it if it be shown to have been

obtained by the wilful suppression of material facts or to have been granted in

ignorance of facts which, had they been known before the retirement of the officer,

would have justified his or her dismissal or a reduction of his or her salary.

Temporary reduction of salary not to affect rate of pension

29. Where the salary attached to any office is temporarily reduced for reasons of

public economy, all pensions, gratuities and other allowances must be calculated

on the normal rate of salary and not on the rate to which such salary has been

temporarily reduced.

TABLE A

Regulation 22

SCALE OF PENSIONS

Completed

years of

approved

service

Proportion of Pension to Pay on Retirement

Scale No. 1

On total

disablement

from

non-accidental

injury received

in execution of

duty

Scale No. 2

On total

disablement

from accidental

injury received

in execution of

duty

Scale No. 3

On partial

disablement

from

non-accidental

injury

Scale No. 4

On partial

disablement

from accidental

injury

.

60ths

60ths

60ths

60ths

1 or less

45

30

20

10

2

45

30

20

10

3

45

30

20

10

4

45

30

20

10

5

45

30

20

10

6

45

30

20

10

7

45

30

20

10

8

45

30

20

10

9

45

30

20

10

10

45

30

20

10

11

48

32

21

11

12

48

32

21

12

13

48

32

23

13

14

48

32

24

14

15

48

32

25

15

16

51

34

26

16

17

51

34

27

17

18

51

34

28

18

19

51

34

29

19

Completed

years of

approved

service

Proportion of Pension to Pay on Retirement

Scale No. 1

On total

disablement

from

non-accidental

injury received

in execution of

duty

Scale No. 2

On total

disablement

from accidental

injury received

in execution of

duty

Scale No. 3

On partial

disablement

from

non-accidental

injury

Scale No. 4

On partial

disablement

from accidental

injury

20

51

34

30

20

21

54

36

32

22

22

54

36

34

24

23

54

36

36

26

24

54

36

38

28

25

54

36

40

30

26

57

38

40

32

27

57

38

40

34

28

57

38

40

36

29

57

38

40

38

30 or over

60

40

40

40

TABLE B

Regulation 27

GRATUITIES AND ALLOWANCES

First column

.

Second column

Years of Service of Officer

Gratuity or Allowance Payable

1. 10 years service or above

but below 15 years in a

non-pensionable office or a

pensionable office on a

temporary month-to-month

basis

.

An annual allowance equal to one-half (1/2)

of the pension which might have been

granted had the officer retired in similar

circumstances while holding a pensionable

office; or a capital sum equal to the amount

of 5 of such annual payments with the

consent of the relevant Pension Authority,

except that no capital sum shall, unless in all

First column

.

Second column

Years of Service of Officer

Gratuity or Allowance Payable

the

circumstances

of

the

case

seem

reasonable

to

the

relevant

Pension

Authority, be paid if the officer retired on

the ground of ill health.

2. Below 10 years service in a

non-pensionable office or a

pensionable office on a

temporary month-to-month

basis

A

gratuity

equal

to

one-half

(1/2)

of

one-tenth (1/10th) of a month’s salary for

each complete month of service, if the

officer retired on the ground of ill health

or on account of age limit or, if the officer

was holding a non-pensionable office, on

account of the abolition of any office in or

reorganisation of the department to which he

or she was attached to effect greater

efficiency or economy.

3. 10 years service or above

as a daily-rated officer

A

gratuity

equal

to

one

and

two-thirds (12/3rds) days’ basic pay for

each completed month of service. No

gratuity is payable to daily-rated officers

retiring below the age of 45 years, unless

pronounced medically unfit for further

service, and no gratuity is payable to

daily-rated officers retiring below the age

of 50 years unless it appears proper to the

Government that they should through age or

infirmity be retired, except that where the

wife of a daily-rated officer who has died

while in service or retired has herself not

less than 10 years’ continuous service as a

daily-rated officer, she will not be debarred

from receiving a gratuity merely because

she is below the age of 45 years, but will

receive a gratuity where she herself decides

to retire within one month of her husband’s

death or retirement.

4. More than one year’s

service but less than

10 years’ service as a

daily-rated officer

A gratuity equal to seven-eighths (7/8ths)

days’ basic pay for each complete month of

service, only in circumstances where the

First column

.

Second column

Years of Service of Officer

Gratuity or Allowance Payable

daily-rated officer retired on the ground of

ill health.

5. Continuous service partly

on monthly pay and partly

on daily pay and —

is not less than

10 years; or

on the ground of ill

health

An annual allowance or gratuity, in respect

of the aggregate service on monthly pay

calculated in accordance with the method

specified in the second column of item 1 or 2

of this Table or regulation 24 to which may

be added a gratuity in respect of his or her

service

on

daily

pay

calculated

in

accordance with the method specified in

the second column of item 3 of this Table.

[5/2008; 27/2019; S 846/2014]