Regulations, 2023

L.N. 312 of 2023

POLICE ACT

(CAP. 164)

Police Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule)

Regulations, 2023

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 82(2) and 101

of the Police Act, the Minister responsible for the police, with the

concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance, has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Police Act (Amendment Citation.

of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Fourth Schedule to the Police Act, Cap. 164.

hereinafter referred to as the "Fourth Schedule".

Immediately after regulation 13 of the Fourth Schedule Amends the

there shall be added the following new regulations

(1) The provisions of this regulation shall

apply to officers in service on or after 1st October 2023

Provided that officers who retired during the

year 2023 because they reached pension age or were

medically boarded out shall also benefit from these

provisions

Provided further that these provisions shall

apply to officers who were reinstated as members of the

Force as long as they serve for a period of at least four (4)

years from the date of reinstatement, as stipulated in sub-

regulation (2).

(2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this

Act and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder, an

officer who has completed the twenty-five (25) years of

service and who decides to remain in the Force for an

additional period of four (4) years shall be entitled to an

increase of twenty-three per cent (23%) in his pension.

(3) If the officer continues to serve beyond the

twenty-nine (29) years in the service in accordance with

sub-regulation (2), he shall be entitled to an additional

sum equivalent to six (6) months’ basic salary for each

additional year of service, which additional period of

service for the purposes of the said payment shall not

exceed a maximum of four (4) years of service.

(4) Without prejudice to sub-regulation (3), the

officer shall be granted a gratuity on a pro rata basis if a

full year or years of additional service have not been

completed due to illness or if the officer has reached

retirement age as defined in the Social Security Act.

(5) Gratuities in accordance with these

regulations shall be payable on retirement of the officer or

on completion of thirty-three (33) years of service.

Where an officer dies before reaching his

emoluments to

pension age as defined in the Social Security Act,

whether he is still in service as well as if he already

retired and is receiving a pension under this Act, the

surviving spouse or partner shall be paid a widows

pension for a period not exceeding five (5) years from the

death of the said officer, or until the date when the officer

would have reached the said pension age, whichever

comes first. The widows pension shall be equivalent to

the proportion indicated in the Twelfth Schedule to the

Social Security Act, equivalent to two-thirds of the basic

salary of the officer on his death or on his retirement, as

applicable

Provided that for the purposes of this

regulation, "partner" shall have the same meaning assigned

to it in article 2 of the Civil Unions Act

Provided further that the pension shall only be

granted if the said officer has served in the Force for a

period of at least ten (10) years

Provided further that the provisions of this

regulation shall apply retroactively in case of officers

who were deceased on or after 1st January 2022, but

before the coming into force of these regulations.".

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