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Punishment for obtaining pension, &c. by fraud. 9. Where a person obtains any pension, gratuity, or allowance under this Act [by any false representation or false evidence, or by personation, or by malingering or feigning disease or infirmity, or] by maiming or injuring himself, or causing himself to be maimed or injured, or otherwise producing disease or infirmity, [or by any other fraudulent conduct,] such person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, or to imprisonment,... for a period not exceeding three months, and also to forfeit the pension, gratuity, or allowance obtained. Offences against this section may be prosecuted, and penalties recovered, in a summary manner. Ss.10, 11 by SLR 1976. S.12 rep. by SRO (NI) 1970/111 Schedule I rep. by 1914 c.54 s.7 sch.4Para.(1) rep. by SLR 1976 (2) The pension to a constable on retirement who is partially incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body occasioned in the execution of his duty without his own default shall, in the case of accidental injury, be according to the following scale, that is to say, (a)if he has completed not more than five years service, an annual sum not more than ten fiftieths of his annual pay; and (b)if he has completed more than five and not more than ten years service, an annual sum not more than twelve fiftieths of his annual pay; and (c)if he has completed more than ten years and not more than fifteen years service an annual sum not more than fifteen fiftieths of his annual pay;.... Sub-para.(d) rep. by SLR 1976 Proviso rep. by SLR 1976 (3) The pension to a constable on retirement who is wholly incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body occasioned in the execution of his duty without his own default shall, in the case of accidental injury, be according to the following scale, that is to say, (a)if he has completed not more than ten years service, an annual sum not more than fifteen fiftieths of his annual pay; and (b)if he has completed more than ten and not more than fifteen years service, an annual sum not more than twenty fiftieths of his annual pay;.... Sub-para.(c) rep. by SLR 1976 Proviso rep. by SLR 1976 (4) The pension to a constable on retirement who is partially incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body occasioned in the execution of his duty without his own default in a case other than a case of accidental injury, shall be according to the following scale; that is to say, (a)if he has completed not more than ten years service, an annual sum not more than twenty fiftieths of his annual pay; and (b)if he has completed more than ten but not more than fifteen years service, an annual sum not more than one half of his annual pay;.... Sub-para.(c) rep. by SLR 1976 Proviso rep. by SLR 1976 (5) The pension to a constable on retirement who is wholly incapacitated by infirmity of mind or body occasioned in the execution of his duty without his own default, in a case other than a case of accidental injury, shall be an annual sum not more than his annual pay..... Para.(6) rep. by SLR 1976 (7) Where, on account of the infirmity of mind or body of a constable having been brought about or been contributed to by his own default or by his vicious habits, the pension granted to such constable is of less amount than that to which he would otherwise be entitled, the diminution of such pension shall not exceed five fiftieths of the annual pay of such constable. (8) A pension granted to a constable who has completed less than the fifteen years service shall not, if reduced on account of partial recovery from his incapacity, be less than one fiftieth of his annual pay for every completed year of service of such constable. (9) Where a constable has died from some cause which, if it had only incapacitated him for the performance of his duty, would have entitled him to a pension for life, the pension to his widow... shall be according to the following scale: (a)the pension to the widow shall be an annual sum equal to one tenth of the constable's pay or the sum of [twenty-six pounds], whichever is the larger;.... Sub-para.(b) rep. by SLR 1976 Paras.(10)(11) rep. by SLR 1976 (12) The pension to a widow shall continue only while she... continues to be of good character. Para.(13) rep. by SLR 1976 (14) For the purpose of estimating any pension,... under this schedule (a)a pension... to a constable shall be calculated according to the amount of his annual pay at the date of his retirement, or of the injury or cause occasioning the incapacity which compels his retirement, whichever is the larger; (b)a pension... to the widow... of a constable shall be calculated according to the amount of the constable's annual pay at the date of his death or of the injury or cause occasioning his death, or where he had a pension of his retirement; (c)but where a constable who becomes a member of the force after the passing of this Act has, in the course of the three years next before the date of his retirement, or death, or such injury, or cause, been in receipt of a different annual pay from that which he is receiving at that date, his annual pay at the date of the retirement, death, injury, or cause shall be deemed to be the average annual amount of pay received by him for the said three years, instead of the annual amount actually received by him at that date. Sub-para.(d) rep. by SLR 1976 The annual pay with reference to which pensions... under this Act shall be calculated is the pay set out in the First and Third Schedules to this Act. In converting weekly pay into annual pay the year shall be taken to be fifty-two weeks.
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