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| LOCAL AUTHORITIES (PENSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES) |
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AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALLOWANCES IN RESPECT OF THE INCREASED COST OF LIVING TO PENSIONERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AND TO VALIDATE CERTAIN SUCH PAYMENTS HERETOFORE MADE.
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| Ordinance Nos, |
| 26 of 1946 |
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[23rd July
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Short title.
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Local Authorities (Pensioners’ Allowances) Ordinance.
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Power of local authority allowance
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2. Each local authority is hereby authorized to grant to any pensioner of that authority, in addition to his pension, a cost of living allowance in accordance with the provisions of section 3.
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Period for which and rate be granted.
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3.
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(1) The cost of living allowance under section 2 may be granted only in at which allowance may respect of periods commencing on or after the 16th day of July, 1945. and no such allowance may be granted in respect of any period subsequent to such date as may be specified in that behalf by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette.
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(2) The amount of the cost of living allowance granted under section 2 in respect of any period shall be determined according to the rates applicable in the case of the corresponding allowance payable in respect of that period to pensioners in receipt of pensions from the Government.
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Validation of made.
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4. Every allowance, by whatsoever name grants already called, heretofore granted by any local authority to any pensioner of that authority in consideration of the increased cost of living and in respect of any period commencing not earlier than the 1st day of June, 1944, and ending not later than the 15th day of July. 1945, shall be deemed for all purposes to have been validly granted in like manner as though that authority had power to grant such allowances in respect of such period and to make payments of such allowances out of the local fund of that authority.
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Interpretation.
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5. In this Ordinance-
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” local authority ” means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council and Village Council, and includes any Sanitary Board, Local Board, Village Committee, Provincial Road Committee or District Road Committee;
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” pensioner” means any person who, having been employed in the service of any local authority, is for the time being in receipt of a pension from that authority.
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| Chapter 594 |
