Mauritius
Civil Service Family Protection Scheme Act
Act 16 of 1969
- Commenced on 1 July 1969
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Civil Service Family Protection Scheme Act*.2. Interpretation
Part II – The scheme
3. Establishment of Scheme
There is established for the purposes of this Act a Civil Service Family Protection Scheme.[S. 3 amended by Act 28 of 1993.]4. Administration of Scheme and Fund
5. Composition of Board
6. Meetings of Board
7. Staff of Board
8. Board to be a body corporate
The Board shall be a body corporate.9. Validity of documents
All documents shall be duly executed by or on behalf of the Board if signed by the Chairperson or Vice-chairperson and the Secretary.10. Protection from liability
11. Accounts of Scheme and Fund
12. Revocation of option
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15. Transfer to approved service
Part III – Contributions
16. Contributions to Scheme
17. Contribution on leave
18. Abatement from contributor's salary
19. Adjustment contribution
20. Amount of adjustment contribution
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23. Re-employment of pensioners
Where a deduction is made from a pension under section 19 and the pension is subsequently suspended, on the contributor re-entering the service of Government, whether in a pensionable office or not, the part of the adjustment contribution remaining unpaid at the date of the suspension of the pension shall be deducted by the Accountant-General, in such manner as the Board may determine, from the salary the officer receives on his re-entering the service of Government.24. Non-payment of adjustment contribution
Where a contributor has elected, in accordance with section 19 (1) (b), not to pay the adjustment contribution or where, owing to the death of the contributor, part of the adjustment contribution has not been deducted under section 23, the Board shall forego the payment of the adjustment contribution or the part remaining unpaid.25. Return of contributions
26. Deduction of sums due to Government
The Board may cause any sums due to Government by any contributor to be deducted from the contributions returned to any person under section 25.Part IV – Pensions
27. Surviving spouse's and children's pensions
Subject to this Act, on the death of a contributor, whether it occurs before or after he ceases to be a member of the Assembly, a public officer or an employee, as the case may be, the Board shall—28. Rate of surviving spouse's pension
The annual rate of a surviving spouse's pension shall amount to one third of the rate of the basic unreduced pension of the deceased.29. Rate of children's pension
The annual rate of a children's pension shall be—30. Minimum rates of pensions
31. Increase of rates of pensions
32. Contributory period
33. Accrual of pensions
34. Surviving spouse's pension
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36. Children's pension
37. Children without legal guardian
Every public officer, on becoming a contributor, shall be deemed to have agreed that, in the event of any pension becoming payable to his children, the Board may, where the children have no legal guardian, appoint some fit and proper person or persons to receive the pension, to give a legal discharge for its payment and to apply it for the benefit of the children.38. Proof of claims
The Board may, before effecting payment of a pension, require satisfactory proof that the person who claims to be entitled to the pension under this Act, or on behalf of whom such claim is made, is alive and entitled to the pension.39. Pension not assignable
Unless otherwise expressly authorised by any enactment, no pension payable and no rights to any pension under this Act shall be assignable, transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied on.Part V – Miscellaneous
40. Information to be furnished
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42. Financial provisions
43. Appeal
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Board may appeal to the Minister against such decision by giving notice in writing to the Financial Secretary within 21 days from the date on which such decision was communicated to him, and the Minister's decision shall be final.44. Regulations
The Minister may—History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
01 July 1969
Commenced