Superannuation Act, 1909

Gratuity in case of death of future male civil servants.

2.(1) Where a male civil servant who enters the service after the passing of this Act dies, after he has served five years or upwards, whilst still employed in the service, the Treasury may grant to his legal personal representatives a gratuity equal to the annual salary and emoluments of his office:

Provided that, if he dies after attaining the age of sixty-five years, the amount of the gratuity which may be so granted shall be reduced by one-twentieth of that amount for every completed year he has served after attaining that age.

(2) Where any such civil servant having become entitled to a superannuation allowance dies after he has retired from the service, and the sums actually received by him at the time of his death on account of such superannuation allowance, together with the sum received by him by way of additional allowance, are less than the amount of the annual salary and emoluments of his office, the Treasury may grant to his legal personal representatives a gratuity equal to the deficiency.