Cap. 93 Art. 8EPension of certain public officers.

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this

Ordinance, where a public officer retires from the offices referred to in sub-article (2) after having served for at least twelve months in such an office or retires from the public service after having served for a term of three years in such an office, the pensionable emoluments of such officer on retirement shall be, when such officer accomplishes a creditable performance, those attached to the salary scale, at the date of the officer’s retirement, of the highest or higher of the offices referred to in sub-article (2) held by such officer as aforesaid at any time before his retirement: Provided that nothing in this article shall be deemed as reducing any pension to which such officer would but for the provisions of this article have been entitled to.

(2) The offices referred to in sub-article (1) are the following:

(a) Cabinet Secretary;

(e) Ambassador, High Commissioner or other principal representative of Malta in any other country, when appointed from the public service in terms of the proviso to article 111(1) of the Constitution of Malta and provided that, prior to such appointment, the holder of any of the said offices was eligible for appointment as a head of a department of Government in terms of article 92(4) of the Constitution of Malta.