JUDGES SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND PENSIONS ACT (as amended 2006) (2) Any pension benefit payable in terms of this section shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund which is hereby appropriated to the purpose. (2a) The Minister shall as soon as practicable publish by notice in the Gazette the terms and conditions fixed by the President under subsection (1) subject to which pension benefits shall be paid.3 (3) Subject to the Maintenance Act [Chapter 5:09] and to Part VI of the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06]4, a pension benefit payable in terms of this section, or any right to such a benefit, shall not— (a) be capable of being assigned, ceded or otherwise transferred or of being pledged or hypothecated; or (b) be liable to be attached or subjected to any form of execution under a judgment or order of a court; or (c) form part of the insolvent estate of the beneficiary. (4) The provisions relating to the payment of a pension to a judge or the widow of a judge which had been approved by the President in terms of subsection (2) of section three and were applicable immediately before the 27th October, 1972, shall be deemed to have been fixed in terms of subsection (1), and the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) shall apply thereto. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, the pension scheme that was approved on the 22nd October, 1997, and amended from time to time in terms of this section before its amendment by the General Laws Amendment Act, 2005, shall continue in force with effect from that date.5 5 Review of benefits (1) Whenever a general increase in salaries is awarded or is to be awarded to persons employed in the Public Service, the Minister responsible for finance shall review the level of all salaries, allowances and other benefits provided for in terms of this Act. (2) If the Minister responsible for finance, after a review in terms of subsection (1), determines that the salaries, allowances or other benefits or any class thereof should be increased, he shall report to the President, recommending whether any of the salaries, allowances or other benefits should be increased and, if so, the extent to which they should be increased and the date from which the increase should become effective. (3) On receipt of a report in terms of subsection (2), the President may increase any salary, allowance or other benefit provided for in terms of this Act. 3 Subsection (2a) inserted by s. 4 of Act 6/2005 with effect from 3rd February, 2006. 4 Name of Act updated by s. 4 of Act 6/2005 with effect from 3rd February, 2006.. 5 Subsection (5) inserted by s. 4 of Act 6/2005 with effect from 3rd February, 2006.