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for at least one full term of office, an annual pension
equal to the annual pensionable emoluments payahlc to
him or her as Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the
Senate or Deputy President of the Senate on the day he
or she vacated office as such; and
(h)
to a sm...-iving spotL<;e of a person who dies whilst in oflicc
as Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate or
Deputy President of the Senate after having sen cd in
that office for the term specified in paragmph (a), an
annual pension equal to one-half of any annual pension
to which that person would have hecn entitled if he or
she had vacated office as Speaker or Deputy Speaker of
Parliament on the day he or she died; and
(c)
to a surviving spouse of a person who. on the date of his
or her death, was receiving or was entitled to receire a
rx:~nsion in terms of paragraph (a), an annual pension
equal to one-half of the annual pension which that person
was receiving or was entitled to receive on the da) ht~ or
she died.
(2) .\pension referred to in subsection ( l) shall be payahle --
(a)
to a former Speaker. Deputy Speaker, President of the
Senate or Deputy President of the Senate with effect from
the day following the day upon which he or she vacated
office as such;
(b)
to a surviving spouse with effect from the day following
the death of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of
the Senate or Deputy President of the Senate, to whom
he or she was married.
(3) Where a Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate
or Deputy President of the Senate resigns his or her office as such or
dies in office before completing a full term of office-(a)
section 8 shall apply if he or she is entitled in terms of
section 7 to be paid a pension; or
(b)
section 9 shall apply if, at the time of resignation or death,
he or she had not completed ten years' qualifying service.
(-+) For the purposes of this section a full term of a Speaker,
Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate or Deputy President of the
Senate shall be the life of one Parliament, that is to say, the period from
one dissolution of Parliament in term<; of section 1-B of the Constitution
until the next such dissolution.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as entitling
Speaker. Deputy Speaker, President of the Senate or Deputy President
of the Senate or former Speaker, Deputy Speaker, President of the
Senate or Deputy President of the Senate to a pension in terms of this
section and a pension in terms of any other provision of this A. ct.".
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Gratuity payable to former Prime Minister
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once otT lump sum gratuity.".
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