Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1971 Act 369 (Revised Edition)

ACT 369
Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1971
ACT 369
PENSIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1971
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART ONE
Pension Increases
SECTION
1. Pension increases.
2. Pensions to which Part One applies.
PART TWO
Benefits for Survivors
3. Death within six years of retirement.
4. Death in service.
5. Commencement of this Part.
PART THREE
General
6. Charge on Consolidated Fund.
7. Interpretation.
SCHEDULE
Scale ofPension Increases
ACT 369
PENSIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 19711
AN ACT to make provision for the increase of certain pensions and for the payment
of benefits to survivors of deceased public officers and pensioners in certain
cases.
PART ONE
Pension Increases
1. Pension increases
(1) A pension to which this Pait applies awarded from a date earlier than the 1st day
of Aptil, 1969 and calculated by reference to a salary scale which was revised after the
1. This Act was assented to on 17th August, 1971.
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il, 1969 and calculated by reference to a salary scale which was revised after the
1. This Act was assented to on 17th August, 1971.
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award shall, subject to the provisions of this Part, be increased with effect from the
1st day of April, 1969, in accordance with the scale set out in the Schedule. (2) Where in the case of a pension to which this Part applies, the pensioner does not
qualify to receive an increase under subsection (1) then if the pension which that person
would have received is less than what would have been received if the pension had been
calculated under subsection (1), the pension of that person shall be increased by an
amount equal to the difference between the two pensions. 2. Pensions to which Part One applies
This Part applies to the following classes of pension:
(a) pensions awarded or continued under the Pensions Act, 19502 (Cap. 30),
(b) pensions awarded before the 1st day of February, 1966 under the Armed
Forces Act, 1962 (Act 105) or continued under that Act,
(c) pensions under the Teachers’ Pensions Act, 1955 (No. 23 of 1955),
(d) pensions payable by the Government under any enactment to widows, chil
dren and dependants of deceased public officers,
(e) pensions under the War Pensions Ordinance, 1943 (No. 1 of 1943).

er any enactment to widows, chil
dren and dependants of deceased public officers,
(e) pensions under the War Pensions Ordinance, 1943 (No. 1 of 1943).

PART TWO
Benefits for Survivors
3. Death within six years of retirement
(1) If a pensioner under the Pensions Act, 1950 or the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance,
19553, dies within six years after the date, in this section called the retirement date, with
effect from which the pension was awarded, an assessment shall be made of the amount
of the pension which, if that person had survived for twelve years from the retirement
date, would have been payable to that person for the unexpired period from the date of
the death to the end of the twelve years. (2) For the purpose of that assessment, the amount of pension for the unexpired period
shall be calculated at the rate in force immediately before the date of death and any subse
quent increase in rates of pension shall be ignored. (3) The amount of the assessment may be paid by the pension authority by way of
gratuity which shall be payable in the manner provided for by section 14 of the Pensions
Act, 1950 or in the case of a teacher, section 11 of the Teachers’ Pensions Act, 1955, and
for this purpose the term “gratuity” in each of those sections shall be construed as includ
ing reference to a gratuity under this section. 4.

55, and
for this purpose the term “gratuity” in each of those sections shall be construed as includ
ing reference to a gratuity under this section. 4.

Death in Service
(1) Where a pensionable officer under the Pensions Act, 1950 or the Teachers’ Pen
sions Act, 1955 dies in the relevant service in circumstances which, apart from this section,
2. Cap. 30 of the 1951 Edition of the Laws of the Gold Coast. 3. No. 23 of 1955. [Issue 1] VI - 2602

in circumstances which, apart from this section,
2. Cap. 30 of the 1951 Edition of the Laws of the Gold Coast. 3. No. 23 of 1955. [Issue 1] VI - 2602

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a pension would not be payable as a result of the death, then pensions may be paid to the
dependants in accordance with the provisions of this section, in addition to any grant
which may be payable under the relevant enactment. (2) A pension under subsection (1) of this section may be paid as provided for by sec
tion 15 of the Pensions Act, 1950 or section 14 of the Teachers’ Pensions Act, 1955, as
may be appropriate, and subsection (1) of each of those sections is hereby amended, ac
cordingly, by the deletion of all words from “as a result of injuries” to “the nature of his
duty”. 5. Commencement of this Part
This Part of this Act shall come into operation on the date that the Minister responsible
for Finance shall by legislative instrument appoint. PART THREE
General
6. Charge on Consolidated Fund
Every payment to be made under this Act shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund. 7. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, “pension authority” means the authority by whom a pension is
payable. (2) This Act, so fat as it relates to the Pensions Act, 1950 or the Teachers’ Pensions
Act, 1955, shall be construed as one with the relevant Act.

le. (2) This Act, so fat as it relates to the Pensions Act, 1950 or the Teachers’ Pensions
Act, 1955, shall be construed as one with the relevant Act.

SCHEDULE
[Section 1]
Scale ofPension Increases
(I) Up to Ne240 a year Increase by 50 percent
(ii) Exceeds Ne240 but not Ne480 a year Increase Nel20
(iii) Exceeds Ne480 but not Ne720 a year Increase Nel44
(iv) Exceeds 720 but not Ne960 a year Increase Nel68
(V) Exceeds Ne960 but not Ne1,200 a year Increase Nel92
Exceeds Ngl ,200 but not Nel ,440 a year Increase by Ne216. (vii) Exceeds Nel,440 but not Nel,680 a year Increase Ne240
(viii) Exceeds Ne 1,680 but not Nel,920 a year Increase Ne264
(ix) Exceeds Nel,920 but not Ne2,160 a year Increase Ne288
(x) Exceeds Ne2,160 a year Increase to Ne2,450. VI - 2603 [Issue 1]

0 a year Increase Ne264
(ix) Exceeds Nel,920 but not Ne2,160 a year Increase Ne288
(x) Exceeds Ne2,160 a year Increase to Ne2,450. VI - 2603 [Issue 1]

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PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Extension of Social Security Scheme to public officers. 2. Restriction of law relating to pensions. 3. Removal of doubts. 4. Option for pension or social security. 4A. Public officers who retired between 1972 and 1975. 5. Failure to exercise option. 6. Contribution towaids pension. 7. Salary calculation of pension or gratuity. 8. Amendment of Pensions Act and Teachers’ Pensions Act. 9. Marriage gratuity. 10. Amendment of section 15 of Pensions Act. 11. Pension of dependents of a teacher. 12. Amendments to Pension Regulations. 13. Amendments to Pensions Regulations. 14. Amendments to Pensions Regulations. 15. Amendments to Pensions Act. 16. Interpretation. 17. Modification of existing law. 18. Repeals. S.M.C.D. 8
PENSIONS AND SOCIAL SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975'
AN ACT to extend to certain public officers, the application of the Social Security
Scheme and to provide for related matters. 1.

MENDMENT) ACT, 1975'
AN ACT to extend to certain public officers, the application of the Social Security
Scheme and to provide for related matters. 1.

Extension of Social Security Scheme to public officers
Subject to the provisions of this Act, unless expressly exempted by or under an en
actment relating to social security or pensions, and in force after the commencement of
this Act, the persons in the public service or Police Force on or after the first day of Janu
ary, 1972 shall be deemed to be members of the Social Security Fund in respect of the
service rendered by them on or after that date in the public service or Police Force.2
1. This Act was issued as the Pensions and Social Security (Amendment) Decree, 1975, (S.M.C.D. 8) made
on the 23id day of December, 1975 and notified in the Gazette on 3ist December, 1975. 2. The Police Force is now the Police Service under article 190 of the Constitution. VI-2651 [Issue 1]

notified in the Gazette on 3ist December, 1975. 2. The Police Force is now the Police Service under article 190 of the Constitution. VI-2651 [Issue 1]

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2. Restriction of law relating to pensions
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the service of a person in the public service or
Police Force on or after the first day of January, 1972, is not pensionable service for the
purpose of a law relating to pensions and accordingly, that law shall, subject to this Act,
be deemed to have ceased to apply to that person in respect of service on or after that
date. 3. Removal of doubts
It is hereby declared that the persons first employed in the public service or Police
Force on or after the first day of January, 1972 shall, unless otherwise exempted under an
enactment relating to social security or pensions and in force after the commencement of
this Act be deemed to be, from the date of that employment, members of the Social Secu
rity Fund and, accordingly, a law relating to pensions shall not apply to service rendered
by them in the public service or Police Force. 4.

cial Secu
rity Fund and, accordingly, a law relating to pensions shall not apply to service rendered
by them in the public service or Police Force. 4.

Option for pension or social security
(1) Despite anything to the contrary in any other enactment, a person who on the first
day of January, 1972 became a member of the Social Security Fund and who immedi
ately before that date held a pensionable office in the public service or Police Force, shall
be given twelve months within which to opt
(a) to have the eligibility for, and the amount of the pension of that person to be
determined, in accordance with the law relating to pensions and applicable
immediately before that date, that is, as from time to time amended, or
(b) to continue to be a member of the Social Security Fund. (2) An option exercised under subsection (1) once exercised is not revocable. (3) A person who exercises the option in the manner specified under sub
section (1) (a) shall be deemed never to have been a member of the Social Security Fund
and accordingly, the law relating to pensions applicable to that person on the 31st day of
December, 1971 shall, subject to any amendments other than by the Social Security (Ap
plication to Public Servants) Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D.

31st day of
December, 1971 shall, subject to any amendments other than by the Social Security (Ap
plication to Public Servants) Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D.

190) be deemed to have continued
to apply in respect of service rendered by that person in the public service or Police Force
after that date. (4) Where a person opts in the manner specified in subsection (1) (b) then the law re
lating to pensions applicable on the 31st day of December, 1971 as subsequently
amended, shall apply to the service in the public service or Police Force of that person
before the first day of January, 1972 as if a minimum period of qualifying service and
confirmation in office of that person for the grant of the pension were not required and,
without prejudice to this section, regulation 4 of the Schedule to the Pensions Act, 1950
and regulation 4 of the First Schedule to the Teachers’ Pensions Act, 1955 (No. 23 of
1955) shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. 4A. Public officers who retired between 1972 and 1975
(1) Despite anything to the contrary, a person whose service from the 1st day of
January, 1972 up to the date of retirement from the public service or the Police Force
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a person whose service from the 1st day of
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would have been pensionable but for the Social Security (Application to Public Servants)
Decree, 1973 (N.R.C.D. 190) shall be deemed to have exercised an option in the manner
specified in subsection (1) (a) of section 4. (2) The gratuity and pension of that person shall be calculated on the basis of the fi
nal pensionable emoluments drawn by that person on the date of retirement, and on the
pension constant applicable at the time of retirement. (3) The social security benefits drawn by that person shall be deducted from the re
computed award? 5. Failure to exercise option
(1) Where a peison to whom section 4 of this Act applies fails for a reason to exer
cise the option conferred within the twelve-month period allowed under that section, then
unless the President otherwise directs, that person shall be deemed to have exercised an
option in the manner specified in subsection (1) (b) of that section. (2) Where a person to whom section 4A applies has died without exercising an option
under section 4 that person shall be deemed to have exercised an option in the manner
specified in subsection (1) (a) of section 4? 6.

ising an option
under section 4 that person shall be deemed to have exercised an option in the manner
specified in subsection (1) (a) of section 4? 6.

Contribution towards pension
(1) Despite anything to the contrary, a person to whom subsection (3) of section 4
applies shall continue to contribute towards pension an amount equal to five percent of
that person’s salary and the amount shall be deducted monthly at source and the employer
shall also continue the contribution of twelve and a half per cent as before the com
mencement of this Act and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust shall hold
the employee’s and employer’s contributions under this section on the terms directed by
the Government. (2) The contributions made to the Social Security Fund by that officer before the op
tion takes effect shall be deemed to be contributions towards the pension of that officer. 7. Salary calculation of pension or gratuity
(1) Subject to this section, the final annual emoluments within the meaning of the law
relating to pensions applicable and enjoyed by a person at the date of retirement shall be
the emoluments on the basis of which the pension shall be calculated.

o pensions applicable and enjoyed by a person at the date of retirement shall be
the emoluments on the basis of which the pension shall be calculated.

(2) Where a person exercises or is deemed to have exercised an option in the manner
specified in subsection (1) (b) of section 4, the pension in respect of a period falling be
fore the 1st day of January, 1972 shall be calculated on the basis of the approved annual
pensionable emoluments attached at the time of the retirement to the post held on the 31st
day of December, 1971 within the meaning of the law relating to pensions applicable to
his post. 3. Section 4A inserted by section 1 (6) of the Pensions and Social Security (Amendment) Decree, 1978
(S.M.C.D. 178). 4. Substituted by section 1 (b) of the Pensions and Social Security (Amended) Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D. 178). VI - 2653 (Issue 1]

e, 1978
(S.M.C.D. 178). 4. Substituted by section 1 (b) of the Pensions and Social Security (Amended) Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D. 178). VI - 2653 (Issue 1]

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(3) in the case of a person who retires from the public service or the Police Force on
or after the first day of January, 1976, where that person has been allowed, whether be
fore or after that date, to transfer from the public service or the Police Force in respect of
which the pension falls to be calculated to other employment, service in relation to which
is not permitted to be taken into account for the calculation of the pension under the law
relating to pensions under which the pension is to be calculated, the pensionable emolu
ments to be used in calculating the pension of that person shall be the approved annual
pensionable emoluments within the meaning of the applicable law, at the time of retire
ment, to the post held by that person immediately before that transfer. 8. Amendment of Pensions Act and Teachers’ Pensions Act
Spent.3
9. Marriage gratuity
Despite the provisions of regulation 76 of the Civil Service (Interim) Regulations,
1960 (L.J.

and Teachers’ Pensions Act
Spent.3
9. Marriage gratuity
Despite the provisions of regulation 76 of the Civil Service (Interim) Regulations,
1960 (L.J.

47) gratuity may be granted to a female civil servant who retires from the pub
lic service in accordance with subsection (2) of section 5 of the Pensions Act, 19506 and
also with regulation 6 or 13 of the Schedule to that Act. 10. Amended of section 15 of Pensions Act
Spent.7
11. Pension of dependants of a teacher
Spent.8
5. The section provided that
“(1) Subsection (2A) of section 16 of the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 30) (as inserted by Act No. 48 of 1958)
is hereby amended by the insertion at the end thereof the following proviso;-
‘Provided that for the purpose of compulation of the gratuity payable under paragraph (a) of this sub
section, the said regulation 26 shall be read as if there were substituted for the words ‘three-fourths’
appearing in subregulation (1) thereof, of the words “one-half’.’
(2) Subsection (2A) of section 13 of the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance, 1955 (No. 23 of 1955) (as inserted by
Act No.

hereof, of the words “one-half’.’
(2) Subsection (2A) of section 13 of the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance, 1955 (No. 23 of 1955) (as inserted by
Act No.

44 of 1959) is hereby amended by the insertion at the end thereof the following new proviso:-
‘Provided that for the purposes of computation of the gratuity payable under paragraph (a) of this sub
section the said regulation 19 shall be read as ifthere were substituted for the words “three-fourths” the
words “one-half’.’
(3) The amendments made by this section apply only in respect of persons dying on or after the first day of
January, 1976.”
6. Cap.30ofthe 1951 Edition of the Laws of the Gold Coast. 7. The amendment has been incorporated in the Pensions Act, 1950. 8. By section 1 (c) of the Pensions and Social Security (Amendment) Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D. 178) which
provided that
“14. Pensions to dependants when a teacher dies in the service. (1) Where a teacher dies while in teaching service the President may grant, in addition to the grant
made under section 11,
(a) if the deceased teacher leaves a spouse, a pension to the spouse, while unmarried at a rate
not exceeding one-fourth of the annual pensionable emoluments of the deceased at the
date of the death;
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exceeding one-fourth of the annual pensionable emoluments of the deceased at the
date of the death;
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(b) if the deceased teacher leaves a spouse to whom a pension is granted under paragraph (a)
and a child or children, a pension in respect of each child, until the child attains the age of
twenty-one years, of an amount not exceeding one-fourth of the pension prescribed under
paragraph (a);
(c) if the deceased teacher leaves a child or children but does not leave a spouse or a pension
is not granted to the spouse a pension in respect of each child, until the child attains the
age of twenty-one years, of double the amount prescribed by paragraph (by
(d) if the deceased teacher leaves a child or children and a spouse to whom a pension is
granted under paragraph (a) and the spouse subsequently dies, a pension in respect of
each child as from the date of the death of the spouse until the child attains the age of
twenty-one years of double the amount prescribed in paragraph (by
(e) if the deceased teacher does not leave a spouse, or if a pension is not granted to the
spouse, and if the parent was wholly or mainly dependent on that teacher for support, a
pension to the parent, while without adequate means of support, of an amount not exceed
ing the pension which might have been granted to the spouse of the deceased.

parent, while without adequate means of support, of an amount not exceed
ing the pension which might have been granted to the spouse of the deceased.

(2) Fot the purposes of subsection I
(a) pensions shall not be payable under subsection (1) at any time in respect of more than six
children;
(b) a pension granted to a parent under paragraph (e) of subsection (1) shall cease as from the
date of ie-marriage of that parent; and if it appears to the Minister responsible for Educa
tion at any time that the parent is adequately provided with other means of support, the
pension shall cease as from the date determined by the Minister;
(c) a pension granted to a child under this section shall cease on the marriage of the child un
der the age of twenty-one years;
(d) where a deceased teacher leaves more than one widow or children born of more than one
marriage, or any persons wholly or in part dependent on that teacher for their support or it
is for any other reason impracticable to grant a pension or pensions in the manner pre
scribed in any of the preceding provisions of subsection (1), the President may grant a
pension or pensions, not exceeding in the aggregate the total value of the pensions which
might be granted at any one time under those provisions to the widows, children or de
pendants; but, the amount of any one pension shall not exceed in the case of one or more
adult persons or in the case of a child the pension which might have been granted to a
spouse or a child respectively under those provisions;
(e) where as a result of the death of two officers married to each other, pensions are payable
to a child or children of the marriage under this section, only the higher of the two pen
sions may be paid to the child or children unless the President otherwise directs.

of the marriage under this section, only the higher of the two pen
sions may be paid to the child or children unless the President otherwise directs.

(3) For the purposes of this section
'child’ includes
(a) a posthumous child;
(b) a step-child or illegitimate child wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased teacher
for support; and
(c) an adopted child, adopted in a manner recognised by law and dependent as aforesaid;
‘spouse’ means a sole spouse;
‘teaching service’, despite the definition contained in the Teachers Pensions Act, 1955 in
cludes service which would be teaching service if the service were not on terms of employ
ment which provide specifically for a gratuity or resettlement grant on cessation of employ
ment or that the employment is temporary employment; and
‘pensionable emoluments’, in a case where the definition of the expression ‘teaching service’
is extended for the purposes of this section, means the emoluments of the deceased teacher
which would have been pensionable had that teacher been employed on pensionable terms. footnote continued on next page
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eased teacher
which would have been pensionable had that teacher been employed on pensionable terms. footnote continued on next page
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12. Amendments to Pensions Regulations
Spent.9
13. Amendments to Pensions Regulations
Spent."
14. Amendments to Pensions Regulations
Spent.11
15. Amendments to Pensions Act
Spent.12
(4) This section shall not apply in the case of the death of any teacher if his ‘dependants’, as de
fined in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L. 187) are entitled to compensa
tion under that Act.”
9. The section provided that
(1) Regulation 4 of the Schedule to the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 30) (as inserted by the Pensions
(Amendment) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D. 74)) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words “one-
six hundredth” occurring therein of the words “one-four hundred and eightieth”. (2) Regulation 4 of the First Schedule to the Teachers Pensions Ordinance, 1955 (as inserted by the Pen
sions (Amendment) Decree, 1972 (N.R.C.D.74)) is hereby amended by the substitution for the words
“one-six hundredth” occurring therein of the words “one-four hundred and eightieth”. (3) The amendments made by this section shall come into force on the first day of January, 1976. 10.

in of the words “one-four hundred and eightieth”. (3) The amendments made by this section shall come into force on the first day of January, 1976. 10.

The section provided that
(1) Regulation 10 of the Schedule to the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 30) is hereby amended by the substitu
tion for paragraph (b) thereof of the following new paragraph:
“(b) in the case of any other officer, at the rate of one-four hundred and eightieth part”. (2) Regulation 8 of the First Schedule to the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance, 1955 is hereby amended by
the substitution for the words “one-eight hundredth” of the words “one-four hundred and eightieth”. (3) The amendments made by this section shall only apply to Ghanaians retiring on or after the first day of
January, 1976. 11. The section provided that '
(1) Paragraph (a) of regulation 18 of the Schedule to the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 30) is hereby amended
by the substitution for all the words beginning with “one-half’ to the end of that paragraph of the
words “that period may be taken into account”.

ded
by the substitution for all the words beginning with “one-half’ to the end of that paragraph of the
words “that period may be taken into account”.

(2) Subregulation (1) of regulation 15 of the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance, 1955 is hereby amended by the
substitution for all the words beginning with “one-half to the end of that subregulation of the following:
“that period may be taken into account:
Provided that where gratuity would otherwise have been payable or has been paid in respect of
that period or part thereof, such gratuity shall not be payable or if paid shall be refunded if such pe
riod is taken into account”. (3) The amendments made by this section shall come into force on the first day of January, 1976. 12. The section provided that
(1) Section 3 of the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1971 (Act 369) is hereby amended
(a) in subsection (1) thereof, by the repeal of the words “within six years”,
(b) by the substitution for the words “twelve years” in each place where they occur in that subsection,
of the words “twenty years”. (2) The amendment made by this section shall apply only in respect of persons dying on or after the first
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”. (2) The amendment made by this section shall apply only in respect of persons dying on or after the first
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16. Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
“laws relating to pensions” includes the Pensions Act, 195013 (Cap. 30), the
Teacheis’ Pensions Act 1955, sections 126 and 127 of the Local Government Act,
1961 (Act 54), paragraph 8 of the Public Service Commission Decree, 1969
(N.L.C.D.

ensions Act 1955, sections 126 and 127 of the Local Government Act,
1961 (Act 54), paragraph 8 of the Public Service Commission Decree, 1969
(N.L.C.D.

393), any pensions scheme to which that paragraph applies and a similar
enactment relating to pensions, gratuities or allowances in respect of service in the
public service or Police Force;
“pension” includes gratuity;
“pensionable officer” has the meaning assigned to that expression in the Pensions
Act, 1950 and the Teachers’ Pensions Act, 1955;
“public service” includes service in a civil capacity of the Government the
emoluments attaching to which are paid directly from the Consolidated Fund, or di
rectly out of moneys ptovided by Parliament and seivice with a statutory corporation
established entirely out of public funds or out of moneys provided by Parliament;
“Social Security Fund” means the Social Security Fund within the meaning of
the Social Security Act, 197214 or in relation to a period falling before the 1st day of
July, 1972, within the meaning of the Social Security Act, 1965 (Act 279). (2) A refei ence in this Act to the Police Force shall, in relation to a period falling before
the commencement of the Police Service (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 303) be
deemed to include a reference to the Police Service.

falling before
the commencement of the Police Service (Amendment) Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 303) be
deemed to include a reference to the Police Service.

(3) A reference to the Police Force in this Act shall not be taken to prejudice the right
of a person to pension, gratuity or any other allowance or other benefit whatsoever under
any laws relating to pensions. 17. Modification of existing law
(1) An enactment in existence immediately before the coming into force of this Act
shall have effect subject to the necessary modification to give effect to this Act. (2) The President may, by legislative instrument make the modifications in any of
those enactments as appear expedient to the President for the purpose of giving full effect
to this Act. (3) The President may also, by legislative instrument or by directions in writing,
make the provision that may be expedient for giving full effect to this Act or for remov
ing any doubts as to the effect of this Act. 18. Repeals
(1) The following provisions are hereby repealed or revoked:
(a) regulations 9 (2) (c), 9 (3) (b), 17, 19 and 24 (4) of the Schedule to the Pen
sions Ordinance (Cap. 30);
13 Cap 30 of the 1957 Edition of the Laws of the Gold Coast. 14. N.R.CD. 127. VI - 2657 [Issue 1]

f the Schedule to the Pen
sions Ordinance (Cap. 30);
13 Cap 30 of the 1957 Edition of the Laws of the Gold Coast. 14. N.R.CD. 127. VI - 2657 [Issue 1]

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(b) regulation 14 of the First Schedule to the Teachers’ Pensions Ordinance,
1955;
(c) section 4 (c) of the Pensions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1953 (appearing in
1952-1954 Supplement of Laws ofthe Gold Coast, page 115);
(d) section 11 of the Pensions (Amendment) Ordinance, 1957 (No. 5 of 1957);
(e) the Pensions (Amendment of Regulations) Order, 1957 (L.N. 211 of 1957);
() section 4 of the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1971 (Act 369); and
(g) the Social Security (Application to Public Servants) Decree, 1973
(N.R.C.D. 190).
(2) This section shall come into force on the 1 st day of January, 1976.
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