Cap. 280 Art. 4BPension payable to the President of Malta.

(1) A person appointed to the office of President of Malta shall, on retiring from office, be entitled to a pension at the rate of one ninetieth of the salary payable to him on the date of his retirement for each completed month of service as President.

(2) The provisions of article 4(2) to (5) shall apply in respect of the pension payable under subarticles (1) and (4) subject to the following modifications:

(a) any reference therein to pensionable emoluments shall be construed as a reference to the salary payable to the President on the date of his retirement;

(b) current pensionable emoluments shall be construed as the salary currently payable to the President of Malta.

(3) In the case of the person appointed as President of Malta in virtue of article 49(4) of the Constitution as in force on the 13th of President shall on the death of the person so appointed, be entitled to a pension, to be called a widow’s pension, equivalent to five sixths of the pension payable in accordance with the previous provisions of this section to his or her spouse if he had been alive, and if the person appointed dies during his term of office to five sixths of the pension to which he would have been entitled had he retired on the date of his or her death:

Provided that where there are one or more widows who had been married to a person appointed as President of Malta at any time during his tenure of office, such widow’s pension shall be apportioned in the manner provided in article 42A of the Social Security Act: Provided further that a person entitled to a pension under this sub-article who is also entitled to a pension under any other provisions of this Act shall only be entitled to receive the higher of such pensions.