Cap. 164 Art. 103Circumstances in whichpensionmay be granted. 

(1) No pension shall be granted to any police officer except on his retirement from the Force in any one of the following cases:

(a) on or after attaining the age of sixty-four (64) years or if he has completed twenty-five (25) years of service in the Force: Provided that whenever a police officer who has already obtained the full pensionable emoluments is reinstated as a member of the Force, he shall serve as a member for a period of not less than two (2) years in order for his pension to be reviewed.

(b) on the abolition of his office;

(c) on compulsory retirement for the purpose of facilitating improvement in the organisation of the Force, by which greater efficiency and economy can be effected;

(d) in the case of termination of employment in the public interest as provided in this Act;

(e) on medical evidence to the satisfaction of the Minister that such police officer is incapable, by reason of infirmity of mind or body, of discharging the duties of his office and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent:

Provided that if a police officer is, without his own default, seriously injured during the course of his duties and due to such injury he is incapable of discharging the duties of his office, and has been duly certified as such by an Injuries Board made up of medical and other professionals appointed by the Minister responsible for the Police, such officer may be entitled to pensionable emoluments as if he had completed the twenty-five years’ service:

Provided further that, if a police officer, without his own default, dies as a direct consequence of him having carried out the duties of his office, his dependants, unless otherwise precluded at law, will be entitled to the payment of such pensionable emoluments, as mentioned hereunder.

(2) For the purpose of sub-article (1)(e), the pensionable emoluments shall be granted to:

(a) the surviving spouse or partner of the deceased until such spouse remarries or such partner contracts another union of equivalent status in accordance with the Civil Unions Act or reaches pensionable age; or

(b) in the absence of an eligible spouse or partner, the child or children of the deceased until such child or children attain the age of eighteen years or until such child or children attain the age of twenty-three years if attending a full-time educational institution; or

(c) in the absence of children, a parent or immediate family relative who was wholly dependent on him for maintenance, for a period of five years from the death of the police officer subject to the retention of a state of dependency.

(3) For the purposes of sub-article (2)(b), the pensionable emoluments shall be granted to the child or children equally divided and, in the case of minors, entrusted to their legal guardian as defined in the Child Protection (Alternative Care) Act.