14. Maximum pension from all public service
Feedback & supportA pension granted to an officer under this Act must not exceed two-thirds of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by the officer at any time in the course of his or her public service in Singapore.
Where an officer has been or is granted a pension or pensions in respect of other public service, the officer may be granted the full pension for which the officer is eligible in respect of his or her public service in Singapore.
other public service
“other public service” means public service not under the Government of Singapore;
No person may at any time draw from the Pension Fund an amount of pension which, when added to the amount of any pension or pensions drawn in respect of other public service, exceeds two‑thirds of the highest pensionable emoluments drawn by that person at any time in the course of his or her public service in Singapore or in other public service.
Pension Fund
“Pension Fund” means the Pension Fund established by the Pension Fund Act 1995;
Where a person referred to in subsection (3) receives, in respect of some period of public service, both a gratuity and a pension, the amount of the pension is deemed, for the purpose of subsections (2) and (3), to be the amount of pension which would have been payable had the officer received a pension only and not a gratuity and a pension.
public service
“public service” means service in a civil capacity under the Government of Singapore or in such other service as the President may determine to be public service for the purpose of any provision of this Act;
In a case falling under subsection (3), the amount of pension to be drawn from the Pension Fund is subject to the approval of the relevant Pension Authority, in order that it may be determined with due regard to the amount of any pension or pensions similarly to be drawn in respect of other public service.
For the purpose of this section, an allowance granted in respect of injury or disease must not be taken into account; but where the officer is granted such an allowance, the amount of the allowance which the officer may draw must not exceed one-sixth of his or her highest pensionable emoluments at any time in the course of his or her public service by more than the sum by which the amount of his or her pension or pensions, apart from such allowance, falls short of two‑thirds of such highest pensionable emoluments.
pensionable emoluments
“pensionable emoluments” means —(a)in respect of public service in Singapore —(i)the basic salary attached to a pensionable office or, in the case of an officer serving in a pensionable class, the basic salary payable to that officer as an officer of that class;(ii)any personal pensionable allowance; and(iii)such other allowances as may be prescribed by regulations to be pensionable allowances; and(b)in respect of other public service, emoluments which count for pension under any law or regulation in force relating to such service;