Widows and Orphans Pensions Act

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SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Who shall become contributors.
4. Who shall not be contributors.
5. Rates of contribution.
6. Salary only to determine rates of contribution.
7. Period and manner of contribution.
8. Contributions payable into Treasury.
9. Registers of contributors to be kept.
10. Information to be furnished by contributors.
11. Penalty for non-compliance.
12. Pensions to beneficiaries.
13. Right of Minister to authorise further allowances.
14. Pension to widow.
15. Pensions to children.
16. Adopted children.
17. Step children and legitimated children.
18. Who not entitled to pension.
19. Pension when to commence and how payable.
20. Allowance in lieu of pension to widow on bankruptcy.
21. Pension not to be assigned or levied upon.
22. Payment of pension to persons acting on behalf of minors of desertion.
23. Discretion as to payment of minors' pensions.
24. Proof of title may be required before payment of pension.
25. Increases of contributions.
26. Contributions may continue in full if salary reduced.
27. Refund of contributions to bachelor and widower without children of pensionable age.
28. Contributor leaving service married or widower with pensionable children.
29. Option to discontinue contributions.
30. Periodical revision of pension tables.
31. Questions and disputes to be decided by the Minister.
32. Regulations.

Ordinances Nos. 8 of 1914, 6 of 1925, 43 of 1930, 18 of 1931,
21 of 1934, 17 of 1938, 10 of 1942, 3 of 1943, 22 of 1946, 11 of 1951,
9 of 1955, 3 of 1956, 26 of 1956, 27 of 1960, 37 of 1966, 61 of 1968,
23 of 1970.
Act No. 3 of 1977.

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR GRANTING PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF DECEASED PUBLIC OFFICERS

"approved scheme" means a scheme or fund for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of officers in the public service, which has been declared by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Minister, to be an approved scheme for the purpose of this Act;

(b) the children of a contributor by his marriage with any wife dying in his life-time who are alive and of pensionable age at the death of their father;

"pensionable age" as applied to children means, in the case of a male, that he is under the age of eighteen years, and in the case of a female, that she is under the age of twenty-one years and has not been married.

A child shall be deemed to cease to be of a pensionable age if a male on attaining the age of eighteen years or dying under that age and if a female on attaining the age of twenty-one years or dying or marrying under that age;

(a) service in a civil capacity under the Government of Fiji or any other country or territory in the Commonwealth;

(b) service under the East Africa High Commission, the East African Railways and Harbours Administration, the East African Posts and Telecommunications Administration or East African Common Services Organisation;

(ii) under any Acts relating to the superannuation of teachers in the United Kingdom;

(d) any other service that the Minister or the Secretary of State has determined to be public service for the purposes of this Act; and

(e) service in respect of which a pension may be granted under the Governors' Pensions Act, 1957 of the United Kingdom;

(f) service as the holder of the office of President, Vice-President, Justice of Appeal, Registrar, officer or servant of the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa established by the Eastern Africa Court of Appeal Order in Council, 1961;

"Western Pacific Service" means the service of the Government of either the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony or the Protectorate of the Solomon Islands, which Governments are hereinafter referred to as the Western Pacific Governments.

(2) When the marriage of any contributor has been annulled or dissolved by the decree of any competent court, the wife party to such marriage shall for all purposes of this Act be deemed to have died and the contributor to have become a widower at the date of such decree.

3.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) and with the exceptions mentioned in section 4, every officer appointed to a pensionable post in the service of Fiji or of either of the Western Pacific Governments after the commencement of this Act shall if appointed to Fiji and may if appointed to either of the Western Pacific Governments become a contributor under the provisions of this Act from the date on which he commences to draw any of the salary of the post.

(2) Subject as aforesaid and with the same exceptions every officer appointed to a pensionable post in the service of Fiji or of either of the Western Pacific Governments before the commencement of this Act may within twelve months after such commencement by written notice to the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry, elect to become a contributor and if he so elects he shall contribute as from the first day of the month next after that in which his notice was received by such Permanent Secretary.

(3) Subject as aforesaid any contributor who is transferred to or from the service of Fiji from or to that of one of the Western Pacific Governments shall in the first case and may in the second case remain a contributor and continue to contribute under the provisions of this Act.

(4) Officers in the service of either of the Western Pacific governments shall only be entitled to become and shall only remain contributors so long as the Government of such Colony or Protectorate shall continue to contribute such sums as the Secretary of State with the approval of the Minister, may determine towards the carrying out of the Pension Scheme in accordance with this Act, but subject to this condition any such officer becoming a contributor shall, on complying with and subject to the provisions of this Act, be entitled to rank for benefit under this Act, in respect of his contributions actually made thereunder.

(5) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section every officer in the service of Fiji who is a non-pensionable employee within the meaning of the Government Employees Provident Fund Ordinance shall become a contributor under the provisions of this Act from the first day of January, 1938, or from the date on which he becomes a non-pensionable employee as aforesaid, whichever date is the later.
(Inserted by 17 of 1938, s. 2.) (Cap. 53, 1955 Edition)

(a) the Governor-General of Fiji and his private secretaries and the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, if not contributors before they held these positions;

(b) officers, non-commissioned officers and men on the active list of the Navy or of the Regular Army temporarily employed by the Fiji or Western Pacific Governments in either a military or a civil capacity;

(e) any officer the maximum of whose scale of salary (or whose actual salary if he is not on an incremental scale) is one hundred and twenty dollars or less than one hundred and twenty dollars a year;

(f) any officer who, though holding a pensionable post, has been appointed thereto on a non-pensionable basis;

(g) persons holding any of the offices specified in the First or Second Schedule to the Pensions and Gratuities (Disciplined Services) Act;

(h) persons appointed to the service of Fiji or the Western Pacific Service after the commencement* of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970. (No. 23 of 1970.)

(2) Persons who have attained their fifty-fourth birthday shall not be eligible to become contributors.

(3) (a) If the Chief Accountant is satisfied that an officer who is required by this Act to become a contributor is a contributor under an approved scheme, the Chief Accountant may, on the application of such officer, direct that he shall, so long as he continues to be a contributor under such approved scheme, be exempt from contributing; and so long as the exemption remains in force and the officer continues to be a contributor under such scheme, he shall not contribute under this Act.

(b) No application for exemption under this subsection shall be valid unless it is made in writing and reaches the Chief Accountant not later than three months after the date from which the officer commences to draw salary from the funds of Fiji or such later date as the Minister may in any special case determine.

5.-(1) The rates of contribution with effect from the 13th day of January, 1969, shall be as follows:-

An officer whose salary exceeds the amount given in any line of the first column below but does not exceed that in the corresponding line of the second column shall contribute at the annual rate given in the corresponding line of the third column:-

and so on, the annual contribution increasing by $8 for each step of $200 in the salary scale.
(Substituted by 23 of 1970, s. 3.)

(2) For the purpose of calculating a pension payable under this Act a notional Government contribution amounting to 621/2 per cent of the contributions made under the provisions of subsection (1) after the 30th day of June, 1964, shall be added to such latter contribution.
(Inserted by 23 of 1970, s. 3.)

(3) A contributor who before the date of his first payment of contribution under this Act or within three months after marrying shall, by written notice to the Chief Accountant, so elect to make an additional annual contribution either at the rate of one-half of the amount specified in the line in column 3 above which is applicable to him at the date of notification or at the rate of one-half of the amount so specified which is applicable to him from time to time.

(4) A contributor who has not so elected before the date of his first contribution or within three months after marrying may be permitted so to elect at any time during his contribution term subject to the approval of the *Minister after the examination of the contributor by a Government medical board.
* Delegated to Permanent Secretary for Finance and Deputy Secretary for Finance by Notice 19th January, 1978.

(5) If a contributor elects to make an additional annual contribution he shall make it as from the date on which he first became a contributor or as from the first day of the month next after that in which his notice was received by the Chief Accountant or as from the first day of the month next after that in which the Minister's approval was given to his subsequent election as the case may be.

(6) A contributor who at the time of his appointment or re-appointment to either the Fiji or Western Pacific Service is already making an additional annual contribution under the scheme shall (unless he elects at any time under the provisions of subsection (1) of section 7 to discontinue such additional contribution) continue to pay it as an additional annual contribution under this Act, and an officer who has ceased to contribute under the scheme may, on being re-appointed to either the Fiji or Western Pacific Service, elect to make an additional annual contribution at the rate then applicable to him, or, if he so elects, at the rate applicable to him from time to time. No officer shall be allowed to make more than one additional annual contribution under the scheme at the same time.

(7) No officer shall be required to contribute at a higher rate than one hundred and twenty dollars per annum.

6. For the purpose of fixing the rate of contribution no regard shall be had to any personal duty or acting allowance nor to any other receipts, emoluments or advantages of any kind which the officer may receive or enjoy, but the contribution shall be assessed with regard only to the amount of the salary of the definite post held by the officer without previous deduction of the amount of his contributions: Provided that the amount of any pay differential payable to an expatriate officer in the Western Pacific Service in respect of any such service subsequent to the 1st day of January, 1954 (whether or not such officer is still in such service at the commencement of this Act) shall be deemed for the purpose of this Act to be and always to have been part of the salary of the post held by such officer.
(Proviso inserted by 26 of 1956, s. 2.)

7.-(1) All contributions shall be payable in monthly instalments for an exact number of years, the period of payment terminating on or after the fifty-fourth and before the fifty-fifth birthday of the contributor:

Provided that a contributor who is making an additional annual contribution may elect to discontinue such contribution at any time.

(2) The Crown Agents shall deduct the contributions from the salaries or pensions of contributors when they are on leave or when their salaries or pensions are paid in whole or in part through the Crown Agents. When a contributor's salary or pension is not paid through the Crown Agents, his contributions shall be deducted from his salary or pension by this Government.

If a contributor is on leave on half-salary or under interdiction or on leave without salary, he shall still be liable to contribute at the ordinary rate. In the last-mentioned case if the contributor does not himself pay to the Government or to the Crown Agents his contributions during the period when he was on leave without salary, the amount of his contributions in arrear shall be deducted from the first payment of salary subsequent to such leave.

9. Registers shall be kept by this Government in which shall be entered the date of the birth of every contributor and, if he be married, the dates of the births of his wife and children (if any), particulars of his contributions and all other dates and particulars respecting contributors and their families material to be recorded for the purposes of this Act.

10.-(1) Every contributor shall, within three months of his becoming a contributor, notify to the Chief Accountant in writing-

(b) if he is a married man, the dates of his marriage and the births of his wife and children (if any).

(2) Every contributor who marries while a contributor shall, within three months after his marriage, notify the same to the Chief Accountant in writing and state the date of the birth of his wife.

(3) Every contributor shall notify to the Chief Accountant in writing within three months from the date of the event-

(4) After the death of any married contributor the widow of such contributor shall notify to the Chief Accountant in writing within three months from the date of the event-

(a) the date of the death of the contributor if he was not at the time in the Fiji or Western Pacific Service;

(d) the death or adoption of any child of such contributor while of a pensionable age.

(5) Any such statement or notice shall be proved by the production of birth, death or marriage certificates or by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the Chief Accountant.
(Section amended by 27 of 1960, s. 2.)

11.-(1) A contributor or widow who fails or neglects to comply with any of the requirements of section 10 shall for each default pay a fine not exceeding $4 dollars which may be deducted from his or her salary or pension (as the case may be).

(2) A contributor or widow who wilfully makes any false statement respecting any of the particulars required by this Act to be furnished shall be liable to forfeit at the discretion of the Minister all or any part of his or her rights under this Act.

(a) on the death of a contributor leaving one or more beneficiaries, such beneficiary or each of such beneficiaries shall receive a pension calculated according to the pension tables and instructions contained in the First and Second Schedules, respectively;

(b) if pensions are payable to more than one beneficiary, each beneficiary shall receive such a proportion of the pension which it would have received if it had been the only beneficiary as unity bears to the total number of beneficiaries;

(c) where there are more beneficiaries than one receiving pensions in respect of the same contributor and any of such beneficiaries ceases to exist within the meaning of this Act the beneficiary or beneficiaries if more than one remaining in existence shall receive or each of them shall, as from the date of such cessation, receive the pension it would have received if it and the other beneficiary or beneficiaries (if any) remaining in existence had been the only beneficiary or beneficiaries in existence at the death of such contributor.

13. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12 the Minister may pay to a widow or other beneficiary such further allowances as he may deem fit and all payments of such allowances made prior to the commencement of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Act, 1977, are hereby validated:

Provided that such further allowances shall not form part of a beneficiary's pension entitlement as specified in the First and Second Schedules and may be withdrawn or varied at such time as the Minister may decide.
(Inserted by 3 of 1977)

14.-(1) Where a beneficiary consists of the widow of a contributor, the pension payable to such beneficiary shall, subject to any deductions in respect of partial forfeitures under subsection (2) of section 11, be paid to her and shall cease on her death, bankruptcy or remarriage or on the forfeiture of the whole of such pension in accordance with the provisions of that subsection.

(2) If on such pension ceasing as aforesaid there are no children of the marriage of such widow with the contributor living and of pensionable age, such beneficiary shall be deemed to cease to exist and the pension payable to it shall lapse.

(3) If on such pension ceasing as aforesaid there are such children living and of pensionable age, such pension shall be continued and paid to such children as hereinafter provided and such children shall be deemed to constitute a beneficiary within the meaning of this Act.

15. Where a beneficiary consists of children of a contributor, the pension payable to such beneficiary shall be at the same rate as the pension which their mother received or would have received if she had been alive and entitled to a pension and shall be paid to such children in equal shares while they remain of pensionable age. When any of such children ceases to be of pensionable age, his or her share of such pension shall be paid to the surviving children of pensionable age in equal shares and when the last surviving child of pensionable age ceases to be of pensionable age such beneficiary shall be deemed to cease to exist and the pension payable to it shall lapse.

16.-(1) A child adopted by a contributor while he is married to any wife shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the child of the contributor by that marriage if-

(a) the contributor adopted the child before he retired from the public service;

(c) the adoption was in accordance with the law of the place where the ' contributor was resident at the time of the adoption.

(a) in the lifetime of the contributor, or while a pension is being paid under this Act, to the mother of that child, shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to have died at the date of the adoption;

(b) after the death of the contributor shall, if he is being paid a pension or a share of a pension under this Act, continue to be paid such pension or such share.

(3) Nothing in this section shall entitle an adopted child to be paid a pension or a share in any pension where the payment to him of such pension or such share would diminish the pension or the share of any pension immediately payable or being paid on the 13th day of June, 1956, to the widow or to any child or children by marriage of the contributor.
(Section inserted by 3 of 1956, s. 3, and amended by 27 of 1960, s. 3.)

17.-(1) The step child of a contributor by his marriage with any wife or the step child of that wife shall, for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the child of the contributor by his marriage with that wife if-

(b) the contributor so elects by notice in writing to the chief Accountant or to the Crown Agents given within twelve months of his marriage with that wife or within such longer period as the Minister may permit.

(2) A child who shall have been legitimated by marriage according to the law of the country of the father's domicile at the date of the marriage shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a child of that marriage.
(Section inserted by 27 of 1960, s. 4.)

18.-(1) No widow of a contributor whose marriage with him is contracted after he has left the public service or has attained the age of sixty and no issue of such marriage shall constitute a beneficiary for the purpose of this Act or become entitled to a pension under this Act.
(Substituted by 3 of 1956, s. 4.)

(2) No widow of a contributor whose husband dies within twelve calendar months of the marriage without issue of such marriage born in his lifetime or in due time after his death shall be capable of constituting a beneficiary or become entitled to any pension under this Act:

Provided that the Government may authorise the grant to such widow of all or any part of the pension to which she would have been entitled but for the provisions of this subsection.

19. All pensions payable under this Act shall commence upon the death of the contributor in respect of whom they are payable, shall accrue daily and shall be payable monthly:

Provided that a pension may be payable quarterly instead of monthly if the pensioner so desires.

20. If a widow's pension ceases in her lifetime by reason of her bankruptcy and there are no children of hers to whom such pension can be continued in accordance with subsection (3) of section 14, the *Minister may authorise the payment to such widow from time to time during the remainder of her life or during such shorter period of periods, either continuous or discontinuous, as shall be thought fit, of an allowance at a rate not exceeding the rate of such pension, or may authorise the application of the same for the maintenance and personal support or benefit of such widow in such manner as he may from time to time think proper.

21. No pension payable under this Act and no rights of any contributor acquired thereunder shall be assignable or transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for or in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever.

22. If the widow of a contributor while in receipt of a pension ceases to assist, deserts or abandons a child of hers by the contributor whom she is bound by law to maintain and who is of a pensionable age, the *Minister may, in his discretion, authorise payment to a fit and proper person on behalf of such child of such portion of the pension as he may think fit and the widow shall have no further claim in respect of such portion.
* Delegated to Permanent Secretary for Finance and Deputy Secretary for Finance by Notice, 19th January, 1978.

23. In all cases where under this Act the parties entitled to pensions are minors, such pensions may be paid either to the legal guardian or guardians of such minors or to such minors or to such person or persons as the *Minister may in his absolute discretion think fit and proper persons to apply the same for the benefit of such minors and, after such payment, this Government shall be free from all responsibility in respect of such payment.
* Delegated to Permanent Secretary for Finance and Deputy Secretary for Finance by Notice, 19th January, 1978.

24. The Government may require such proof as it deems desirable that any person claiming to be entitled to pension or on behalf of whom such claim is made is alive and entitled to pension and the payment of any pension may be refused until such proof is furnished to the satisfaction of the Government.

25. Increases of contributions shall rank as if they were fresh entrances at the respective ages of husband and wife when the increase takes place.

26. If the salary of a contributor be reduced so that he comes under a lower scale of contribution under section 5 he may, upon giving notice in writing to the Chief Accountant of his desire to do so, continue to contribute at the rate formerly paid, in which case his widow or children shall be entitled to pension accordingly, but, if his rate of contribution be reduced, any pension to his widow or children shall be reduced in the same proportion as it would have been increased had his rate of contribution been raised instead of lowered.

Refund of contributions to bachelor and widower without children of pensionable age

(b) a widower without children of pensionable age, leaves or dies while in the Fiji or Western Pacific Service there shall be payable to him or his personal representative as the case may be-

(i) if such contributor is a bachelor, the total amount of his contributions (without interest); and

(ii) if such contributor is a widower without children of a pensionable age, the total amount (without interest) of contributions which he has paid since the death of his last wife or the ceasing to be of pensionable age of his last child, whichever event shall have last happened:

Provided that if any such contributor who leaves the Fiji or Western Pacific Service is transferred to other public service, he may, at his option exercisable within three months after he ceases to draw salary from the Fiji or Western Pacific Governments, or such later date as the Minister may in any special case determine, elect not to receive a refund as hereinbefore provided, but to continue to contribute at the rate at which he was contributing immediately before he left the Fiji or Western Pacific Service.
(Amended by 22 of 1946, s. 2, and 11 of 1951, s. 3.)

(2) Such contributor may at any time thereafter cease to continue his contributions and in the event of his so ceasing to contribute-

(a) if he is then married or is a widower with children of a pensionable age, any pension payable on his death shall be reduced so as to correspond with the payments he has made; and

(b) in any other case this section shall apply as if he had left the Fiji or Western Pacific Service at the date on which he so ceased to contribute.

28. If a contributor who is married or who is a widower with children of a pensionable age retires from the Fiji or Western Pacific Service on pension or is transferred to other public service or otherwise leaves the Fiji or Western Pacific Service before his contribution term has expired he may, within three months after he has retired, been transferred or left the Fiji or Western Pacific Service as aforesaid, elect, unless dismissal from such Service for misconduct, to continue to contribute at the rate at which he was contributing immediately before he so left the Fiji or Western Pacific Service in which case, if he is a pensioner, his contribution shall be deducted from his pension. Or he may on or at any time after so leaving the Fiji or Western Pacific Service, and in the case of a contributor dismissed for misconduct shall thereupon cease to contribute. If he so ceases to contribute any pension payable on his death shall be reduced so as to correspond with the payments he has made or if in the meantime-

(a) in the case of a married contributor his wife has died and his children (if any) have ceased to be of a pensionable age; or

(b) in the case of a widower his children have ceased to be of a pensionable age,

he shall cease to rank for benefit under this Act whether by way of pension or return of contributions.
(Substituted by 6 of 1925, s. 4, and amended by 11 of 1951, s. 3, 3 of 1956, s. 5. and 61 of 1968 s. 3.)

29. Any contributor may, within six months of the commencement* of the Widows and Orphans Pension (Amendment) Ordinance, 1970, exercise an option to discontinue contributions with effect from the first day of January, 1971 in which case-

(a) if he is a bachelor, there shall be payable to him or in the event of his death, to his personal representative, the total amount of his contributions (without interest); or

(b) if he is married or a widower with children of pensionable age, any pension payable on his death shall be reduced so as to correspond with the payments he has made.

30. The pension tables may be revised from time to time after investigation by an actuary appointed by the Minister. Such investigations shall take place at such dates as the Minister may from time to time determine being not less than ten years from the date when the scheme first came into operation or from the date of the last investigation. If after such an investigation it is decided by the Minister that revised pension tables shall be adopted, the new pension tables as approved by the actuary shall be substituted for the tables previously in force and shall come into force on a date which shall be previously notified in the Gazette and shall apply to any pensions payable in respect of a contributor dying on or after that date but not to any pension payable in respect of a contributor dying before that date.

31. All questions and disputes as to who is entitled to be deemed a contributor or as to the right of a widow or child to a pension or as to the amount of such pension or as to the rights or liabilities of any person under this Act shall be referred to the Minister whose decision shall be binding and conclusive on all parties and shall be final to all intents and purposes and shall not be subject to appeal or to be questioned or revised by any court of justice.

32. It shall be lawful for the Minister from time to time to frame regulations not inconsistent herewith for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

Table A-The yearly pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a single payment of 1 will secure.

Table B-The yearly pension, payable by monthly instalments, which a yearly contribution of 1, payable by monthly instalments, will secure.

Table C-The single payment which will secure a yearly pension of 1, payable by monthly instalments.

YEARLY PENSION, PAYABLE BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, WHICH A SINGLE PAYMENT OF 1 WILL SECURE

Age of Husband last birthday		Age of Wife last Birthday
Age of Husband last birthday	20	25	30	35	40	45	50, 55	60	65
20	-549	-615	-709	-831	-986
21	-523	-586	-676	-793	-945
22	-498	-557	-643	-756	-903
23	-474	-530	-611	-719	-861
24	-451	-503	-580	-683	-820
25	-429	-478	-550	-648	-779	-951
26	-409	-454	-522	-615	-740	-905
27	-389	-431	-494	-582	-701	-860
28	-370	-409	-468	-551	-664	-815
29	-353	-389	-443	-521	-628	-772
30	-336	-369	-420	-492	-593	-730	-916
31	-320	-351	-398	-465	-559	-689	-866
32	-306	-333	-376	-439	-527	-649	-818
33	-292	-317	-357	-414	-496	-611	-771
34	-278	-301	-338	-391	-468	-575	-726

35	266	287	-320	369	.440	-541	-683	-883
36	254	273	304	-349	-415	-509	-642	-831
37	243	260	288	330	391	-478	-603	-782
38	233	248	273	-312	-368	-449	-566	-734
39	223	236	260	295	347	-422	-530	-688
40	214	226	-247	279	327	396	-497	-644	-860
41	205	215	235	264	308	-372	-465	-603	-805
42	-197	206	223	250	290	-349	-435	-563	-752
43	-189	-197	213	237	274	-328	-408	-526	-703
44	-182	-189	203	225	259	308	382	-492	-657
45	.175	-181	-193	214	245	290	358	-460	-615	-847
46	-169	-174	-185	203	232	274	-336	-431	-575	-794
47	-163	.167	-177	-194	220	258	316	-404	-538	-744
48	.158	-160	-169	-185	208	244	297	379	-504	-698
49	-153	-154	-162	-176	-198	231	280	356	-473	-655
50	-148	-149	-156	-169	-189	219	265	335	.444	-616
51	-143	-144	-150	-162	.180	208	250	-315	-417	-579
52	-139	-139	-144	-155	-172	-198	237	298	-393	-546
53	-135	.134	-139	-149	.164	-188	225	281	371	-515
54	-132	-130	-134	-143	.157	-180	214	266	-350	-486

THE YEARLY PENSION, PAYABLE BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, WHICH A YEARLY
CONTRIBUTION OF 1, PAYABLE BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS, WILL SECURE
Age of Husband Last Birthday		Age of Wife last Birthday
Age of Husband Last Birthday	20	25	30	35	40	45		50 55	60 65

20	1009	1131	1303	1528	1812
21	948	1063	1225	1439	1713
22	890	997	1150	1353	1615
23	8.35	933	1076	1268	1518
24	782	873	1005	1185	1422
25	732	815	938	1106	1329	1621
26	684	760	874	1030	1240	1516
27	639	708	812	957	1152	1413
28	597	659	754	887	1069	1313
29	556	613	699	821	989	1217
30	518	568	647	758	913	1124		1410
31	481	527	597	698	8.40	1035		1301
32	447	487	551	642	771	950		1197
33	415	450	507	589	706	869		1096
34	3-84	4-15	4-66	5-39	6-45	7-94		10-01
35	3-55	3-82	4-27	4-93	5-88	7-22	9-12	11-79
36	3-28	3-51	3-91	4-50	5-34	6-55	8-27	10-71
37	3-01	3-22	3-57	4-09	4-84	5-92	7-47	9-69
38	2-77	2-95	3-25	3-71	4-37	5-34	6-72	8-72
39	2-53	2-69	2-95	3-35	3-94	4-79	6-02	7-82
40	2-31	2-44	2-67	3-02	3-53	4-28	5-37	6-96	9-29
41	2-10	2-20	2-40	2-70	3-15	3-80	4-76	6-16	8-23
42	1-90	1-98	2-15	2-41	2-79	3-36	4-19	5-42	7-24
43	1-70	1-77	1-91	2-13	2-46	2-95	3-67	4-74	6-33
44	1-52	1-57	1-69	1-88	2-16	2-57	3-19	4-11	5-49
45	1-35	1-39	1-48	1-64	1-87	2-22	2-75	3-53	4-71	6-50
46	1-18	1-21	1-29	1-41	1-61	1-90	2-34	3-00	4-00	5-52
47	1-02	1-04	1-10	1-20	1-36	1-60	1-96	2-51	3-34	4-62
48	-86	-87	-92	1-01	1-13	1-33	1-62	2-06	2-74	3-80
49	-71	-72	-75	-82	-92	1-07	1-30	1-65	2-19	3-04
50	-56	-57	-59	-64	-72	-83	1-00	1-27	1-68	2-34
51	-42	-42	-44	-47	-52	-61	-73	-92	122	1-69
52	-28	-28	-29	-31	-34	-39	-47	-59	-78	1-09
53	-13	-13	-14	-15	-16	-19	-23	-28	-37	-51

20	1-82	1-63	1-41	1-20	1-01
21	1-91	1-71	1-48	1-26	1-06
22	2-01	1-79	1-56	1-32	1-11
23	2-11	1-89	1-64	1-39	1-16
24	2-22	1-99	1-73	1-46	1-22
25	2-33	2-09	1-82	1-54	1-28	1-05
26	2-45	2-20	1-92	1-63	1-35	1-10
27	2-57	2-32	2-02	1-72	1-43	1-16
28	2-70	2-44	2-14	1-82	1-51	1-23
29	2-83	2-57	2-25	1-92	1-59	1-29
30	2-97	2-71	2-38	2-03	1-69	1-37	1-09
31	3-12	2-85	2-52	2-15	1-79	1-45	1-15
32	3-27	3-00	2-66	2-28	1-90	1-54	1-22
33	3-43-	3-16	2-80	2-41	2-01	1-64	1-30
34	3-59	3-32	2-96	2-56	2-14	1-74	1-38
3-76	3-49	3-12	2-71	2-27	1-85	1-46	1-13
3-93	3-66	3-29	2-87	2-41	1-97	1-56	1-20
4-11	3-85	3-47	3-03	2-56	2-09	1-66	1-28
4-29	4-03	3-66	3-21	2-72	2-23	1-77	1-36
4-48	4-23	3-85	3-39	2-89	2-37	1-89	1-45
4-68	4-43	4-05	3-58	3-06	2-53	2-01	1-55	1-16
4-87	4-64	4-26	3-79	3-25	2-69	2-15	1-66	1-24
5-08	4-86	4-48	4-00	3-45	2-87	2-30	1-78	1-33
528	5-08	4-70	4-22	3-65	3-05	2-45	1-90	1-42
5-49	5-30	4-93	4-44	3-87	3-24	2-62	2-03	1-52
5-70	5-53	5-17	4-68	4-09	3-45	2-79	2-17	1-63	1-18
5-91	5-76	5-41	4-92	4-32	3-66	2-97	2-32	1-74	1-26
6-12	6-00	5-65	5-16	4-56	3-87	3-16	2-48	1-86	1-34
6-34	6-23	5-90	5-41	4-80	4-10	3-36	2-64	1-98	1-43
6-55	6-47	6-16	5-67	5-05	4-33	3-57	2-81	2-12	1-53
6-76	6-71	6-41	5-93	5-30	4-57	3-78	2-99	2-25	1-62
6-97	6.95	6-67	6-19	5-56	4-81	4-00	3-17	2-40	1-73
7.18	720	6-92	6-46	5-82	5.06	422	3-36	2-54	1-83
7-39	7-44	7-18	6-72	6-08	5-31	4-45	3-55	2-70	1-94
7-60	7-68	7-44	6-99	6-35	5-57	4-68	3-76	2-86	2-06

Note (1)-The registered pension in respect of every married or widowed officer who ceased to contribute before 1st July, 1964, shall continue to be computed on the tables and instructions in force on 30th June, 1964.

Note (2)-The pension as at 30th June, 1964 ("the original pension") computed on the tables and instructions in force on 30th June, 1964, and registered in respect of each married or widowed officer who began to contribute before and was still contributing on 30th June, 1964, shall be recomputed as follows:-

(a) the part purchased by contributions which fell due on or before 30th June, 1964; and

(b) the part to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964.

(ii) Part (b) shall be recomputed by applying to Table B in Appendix A the amount of the contributor's annual contribution as at 1st July, 1964, increased by five-eighths to take account of the notional Government contribution.

(iii) The registered pension at 1st July, 1964, shall be obtained by adding the recomputed Part (b) to Part (a) provided Part (b) so recomputed is greater than Part (b) computed on the existing tables; otherwise the amount of the original pension should be retained. If Part (b) before recomputation is greater than the original pension however the recomputed pension shall be equal to the recomputed Part (b). (For examples see item G of this Appendix.)

(i) to all pensions registered in respect of officers who began to contribute on or after 1st July, 1964;

(ii) to all pensions registered in respect of officers who were contributing on 1st July, 1964, for the purpose of computing variations when their rates of contribution rise or fall on or after that date;

(iii) to all pensions registered on marriage in respect of bachelors who marry on or after 1st July, 1964, in relation to contributions paid both before and after marriage; and

(iv) to all pensions registered in respect of widowers, for the purpose of computing variations if they remarry on or after 1st July, 1964.

The registered pension to be recorded on marriage is found by adding together the two amounts calculated in accordance with the following Rules I (a) and I (b) respectively:-

Rule 1(a)-Accumulate the contributions at 4 per cent compound interest, with yearly rests at each 31st December, and multiply the result by the quantity found from Table A corresponding to the respective ages last birthday of the husband and wife at the date of marriage.

The product gives the registered pension on account of the contributions paid during bachelorhood.

* The contributions taken into account in the calculations are those calculated in accordance with section 5 increased by 621/2 per cent being the notional contribution by Government as provided in the Act.

(b) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution' current at the date of marriage.

Rule I (b)-Multiply the amount of the current annual contribution by the quantity found from Table B corresponding to the respective ages last birthday of the husband and wife at the date of marriage.

The product gives the registered pension on account of the annual contribution current at the date of marriage.

Example
Officer born on .............................. Officer commenced to contribute on ............ Officer married on ........................... Wife born on ................................ Officer's age last birthday at date of marriage ..... Wife's age last birthday at date of marriage .......
31st July, 1940 1st January, 1969 30th June, 1972 12th August, 1946 31

Annual contribution-1^st January, 1969, to 31st December,	$
1970........................................................	52
Annual contribution-1^st January, 1971, to date of marriage ...	65
Accumulation of contributions paid during bachelorhood-
Contributions from 1st January, 1969, to 31st December,
1969..............................................	5200
Contributions during 1970 .............................	5200
One year's interest at 4 per cent on $52 ..................	2-08
	10608
Contributions during 1971 ... : .........................	6500
One year's interest at 4 per cent on $10608 ..............	4-24
	17532
Contributions from 1st January, 1972, to 30th June, 1972 ...	3250
Half-year's interest at 4 per cent on $17532 ..............	3-51
Total accumulation ...........................	21133

Quantity found from Table A:-
Husband... ................................... 311 Wife .......................................... 25J $21133 x -351 =$74-18 = registered pension in consideration of contributions paid during bachelorhood.-351
Annual contribution current at date of marriage ............ 65-00
Quantity found from Table B:-
Husband ........................................ 3, 5.27
Wife ........................................... 251

(c) Variations of pensions consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution while the contributor is married to his first wife.

Rule I (c)-Multiply the amount of the increment to, or the decrement from the current annual contribution by the quantity found from Table B corresponding to the respective ages last birthday of the husband and wife at the date of the variation of the contribution.

The product gives the amount to be added to the registered pension consequent on the increment to the current annual contribution, or, as the case may be, the amount to be deducted from the registered pension consequent on the decrement from the current annual contribution.

The cessation of the contribution from any cause before the completion of the full period of contribution must be regarded as a decrement from the current annual contribution equal to the amount of such current annual contribution. Example of the application of Rule I (c):-

Assume particulars as in the example subjoined to Rules I (a) and I (b). Annual contribution increased on 31st May, 1977, from $65 to $78. Annual contribution increased on 30th April, 1987, from $78 to $91. Annual contribution ceased on 31st March, 1992.
1977, May 31st-Increment to current annual contribution, $13 Quantity found from Table B:-
Husband........................................ 36 l 3.91 Wife ...........................................30 J
$13 x 3-91 = $5083 = amount to be added to the registered pension.

Registered pension at marriage-see example subjoined to
Rules I (a) and (b)...........................................................	416-73
Add................................................	50-83
Registered pension at 31st May, 1977 ...........................	46756
1987, April 30th-Increment to current annual contribution
$13.
Quantity found from Table B:-
Husband........................................ 46 l	1-61
Wife ...........................................40 j
$13 x 1-61 = $2093 = amount to be added to the
registered pension.
Registered pension at 31st May, 1977, as above ...........	46756
Add................................................	2093
Registered pension at 30th April, 1987 ..........................	48849
1992, March 31st-Cessation of contribution regarded as a
decrement from current annual contribution, $91.

Quantity found from Table B:-
Husband........................................ 51 l	-61
Wife ...........................................45 J
$91 x -61 = $5551 = amount to be deducted from the
registered pension.
Registered pension at 30th April, 1987, as above ..........	48849
Deduct.............................................	5551
Registered pension at 31st March, 1992 ..................	43298

(a) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution' while the contributor is a widower.

Rule II (a) Assume that the contributor is married to a wife of the age that his last preceding wife would have been had she survived to the date of the variation of the contribution and proceed in accordance with Rule I (c). Example of the application of Rule II (a):-

If the particulars be as in the example subjoined to Rule I (c) except that the first wife, who was born on 12th August, 1946, died on 30th November, 1975, it would be assumed that the contributor was at the date of each of the three variations of the contribution married to a wife who was born on the 12th August, 1946. The calculations will then be identical with those given in the example subjoined to Rule I (c).

(b) Variations of pensions consequent on the re-marriage of the contributor. If the second, or subsequent, wife was at the date of the re-marriage of the same age last birthday as the last preceding wife would have been had she survived to that date, the registered pension remains the same.

Rule 77 (b)-If the second, or subsequent, wife was at the date of the re-marriage of a less or greater age next birthday then the last preceding wife would have been had she survived to that date, multiply the amount of the registered pension by the quantity found from Table C corresponding to the age last birthday of the husband at the date of re-marriage, and the age last birthday which the last preceding wife would have attained had she survived to that date; multiply the product so obtained by the quantity found from Table A corresponding to the respective ages of the husband and of the second or subsequent wife at the date of the re-marriage.

The result gives the registered pension to be recorded on the re-marriage of the contributor.

Assume particulars as in the example subjoined to Rule I (c).
First wife died on ........................ 30th November, 1975 Contributor re-married on ................ 31st January, 1979 Contributor's age last birthday at date of re-
marriage ............................. 38
Second wife born on ..................... 30th June, 1948 Second wife's age last birthday at date of the
re-marriage ........................... 30
See note applicable to Rule I (a).
Age last birthday which the first wife would-have attained had she survived to date of the re-marriage ........................ 32 -
1979, January 31st-The second wife being of a less age next birthday at the date of the re-marriage than the first wife would have been had she survived, the registered pension $46756 (see example subjoined to Rule I (c)), is to be re-calculated. Quantity found from Table C:-
Husband................................ 38~. 3.481 Wife ................................... 321
Quantity found from Table A:-
Husband ............................... 38 273
Wife ................................... 30}
$46756 x 3-48 x -273 = $444-20 = registered pension at 31st January, 1979. (c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from the current annual contributions while the contributor is married to his second or subsequent wife.

In every case of a public officer who commenced to contribute while married, the wife at the date of commencement of contributions is to be considered as the officer's first wife, and no particulars are to be recorded respecting any former wife to whom he may have been married, unless there is issue of such former wife of a pensionable age (See C. V.)

(a) Pension in consideration of the annual contribution2 current at the date of commencement of the contribution.

Rule III (a)-Multiply the amount of the current annual contribution by the quantity found from Table B corresponding to the respective ages last birthday of the husband and wife at the date of commencement of the contribution. The product gives the registered pension on account of the annual contribution current at the date of commencement of the contribution.

Officer born on .......................... 31st July, 1940
Officer married on ....................... 30th June; 1967 Officer commenced to contribute on 1st January, 1971
Annual contribution current on 1st January, 1971 ......................... $52
Wife born on ............................ 12th August, 1946 Officer's age last birthday on 1st January,
1971 .................... .......... 30 Wife's age last birthday on 1st January, 1971 24
1 For calculation see F. below.
2 See note applicable to Rule I (a).
28 Widows and Orphans Pensions Cap. 80 Ed. 1978
Quantity found from Table B:-
Husband ............................... '01 5-581
Wife ................................... 24}
$52 x 5-58 = $29016 = registered pension in consideration of annual contribution current at commencement of contribution.

(b) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution2 while the contributor is married to his first wife.

(a) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution2 while the contributor is a widower.

(b) Variations of pension consequent on the re-marriage of the contributor. Rule IV (b)-Proceed as in Rule II (b).

(c) Variations of pension consequent on increments to, and decrements from, the current annual contribution' while the contributor is married to his second or subsequent wife.
Rule IV (c) Proceed as in Rule I (c).

So long as a contributor's children by his first marriage are eligible for pension, a pension must be registered on their behalf.

Rule V-For the purpose of calculating the registered pension of the children assume that the deceased wife lived until the date of commencement of contribution and died immediately afterwards and proceed in accordance with Rules III (a) and (b).

Rule VI-For the purpose of calculating the registered pension of the wife assume that the deceased wife survived to the date of commencement of contribution and died immediately afterwards; then proceed in accordance with the rules applicable to the case of officers who commenced to contribute while married. (See B.)

Rule VII-Where there are children eligible for pension by two or more deceased wives or where there is a wife and also children eligible for pension by one or more previous marriages the pension of each beneficiary as found by the above rules must be divided by the total number of the beneficiaries then existing in order to find the registered pension of that beneficiary.

Rule VIII (a)-If the contributor is a bachelor, the lump sum contribution' should be accumulated as from the date of payment and treated in accordance with Rule I (a).

Rule VIII (b)-If the contributor is married or a widower, the amount of the lump sum contribution' should be multiplied by the quantity found from Table A corresponding to the respective ages last birthday of the husband and wife at the date of payment of the contribution. If the contributor is a widower, assume that the deceased wife lived until the date of payment of the lump sum contribution and died immediately afterwards.

F.-CALCULATION OF QUANTITIES (OR TABULAR RESULTS) FOR AGES NOT GIVEN IN THE TABLES

The wife's age in the tables is given at quinquennial intervals only. Ages of husbands and wives younger than the youngest or older than the eldest given are to be dealt with as if identical with the youngest and eldest respectively.

To find the quantity in Table A corresponding to the ages of a husband and wife aged respectively 35 and 27 last birthday.
The quantity for ages 35 and 25 given in Table A is -287 The quantity for ages 35 and 30 given in Table A is -320 so that the addition of five years to the age of the wife results in an addition of -033 to the quantity given in the Table for ages 35 and 25.
An addition of two years to the age of the wife accordingly results by proportion in an addition of two-fifths of .033 to the quantity given in the Table for ages 35 and 25.
Two-fifths of .033 = 0-13 which added to -287 gives -300 which is the required quantity corresponding to ages 35 and 27.
Similarly, the quantity found from Table B corresponding to the ages of a husband and wife aged respectively 30 and 24 last birthday is four-fifths of -501 added to 5.18 which gives 5-58.
In the case of Table C, it must be noted that an addition to the age of the wife results in a deduction from the quantity given in the Table.
To find the quantity in Table C corresponding to the ages of a husband and wife aged respectively 38 and 32 last birthday-
The quantity for ages 38 and 30 given in Table is .................. 3-66
The quantity for ages 38 and 35 given in the Table is ............... 3-21 So that the addition of five years to the age of the wife results in a deduction of .45 from the quantity given in the Table for ages 38 and 30.
An addition of two years to the age of the wife accordingly results by proportion in a deduction of two-fifths of -45 from the quantity given in the Table for ages 38 and 30.
Two fifths of -45 = .18 which deducted from 3-66 leaves 3-48 which is the required quantity corresponding to ages 38 and 32.

G.-RECOMPUTATION OF PENSION REGISTERED IN RESPECT OF A MARRIED OR WIDOWED CONTRIBUTOR AT 30TH JUNE, 1964

Officer born on-29th September, 1933 Wife born on-1st September, 1938 Annual contribution as at 30th June, 1964-£F40 Registered pension as at 30th June, 1964-£F339
Quantity found from Table B in force on 30th June, 1964:-Husband aged 30 last birthday 6.731
Wife aged 25 last birthday
Therefore the part of the registered pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b), is £F40 x 6731, i.e. 0269-24. Therefore the part of the registered pension purchased by contributions which fell due on or before 30th June, 1964, Part (a) is 0339 minus £26924, i.e. £F69-76.
Quantity found from Table B in Appendix A:-Husband aged 30 last birthday 1 5.68 Wife aged 25 last birthday J
Therefore the amount of registered pension to be purchased by contributions including notional Government contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b), as recomputed according to the tables in Appendix A, is £F(40 plus $/8th 40) or £F65 x 5.68, i.e. 0369-20. Part (b) as recomputed 0369-20 is greater than Part (b) according to the tables in force on 30th June, 1964, and is therefore to be added to Part (a). The recomputed registered pension is therefore £F69-76 plus 0369-20, i.e. 0438-96.

Officer born on-21st January, 1919 Wife born on-30th November, 1918
Annual contribution as at 30th June, 1964-£F60 Registered pension as at 30th June, 1964-0880 Quantity found from Table B in force on 30th June, 1964 Husband aged 45 last birthday 3.094
Wife aged 45 last birthday
Therefore the part of the registered pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b) is £F60 x 3094, i.e. 0185-64. Therefore the part of the registered pension purchased by contributions which fell due on or before 30th June, 1964, Part (a), is 0880 minus 0185-64, i.e. 0694-36.
Quantity found from Table B in Appendix A Husband aged 45 last birthday l 2-22
Wife aged 45 last birthday J
Therefore the amount of registered pension to be purchased by contributions including notional Government contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b), as recomputed according to the tables in Appendix A is £F(60 plus %th 60) or £F97-5 x 2.22, i.e. 0216-45.
Part (b) as recomputed 0216-45 is greater than Part (b) according to the tables in force on 30th June, 1964 and is therefore to be added to Part (a). The recomputed registered pension is therefore 0694-36 plus 0216-45, i.e. 0910-81.

Officer born on-29th June, 1914 Wife born on-25th June, 1919 Annual contribution as at 30th June, 1964 £F60 Registered pension as at 30th June, 1964 0540 Quantity found from Table B in force on 30th June, 1964
Husband aged 50 last birthday 1.378 Wife aged 45 last birthday
Therefore the part of the registered pension to be purchased by contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b) is £F60 x 1378, i.e. £F82-68. Quantity found from Table B in Appendix A
Husband aged 50 last birthday .83 Wife aged 45 last birthday
Therefore the amount of registered pension to be purchased by contributions including notional Government contributions falling due on or after 1st July, 1964, Part (b), as recomputed according to the tables in Appendix A, is £F(60 plus 5/sth 60) or £F97-5 x -83, i.e. £F80-92.
Part (b) as recomputed is less than Part (b) according to the tables in force on 30th June, 1964 and accordingly the registered pension remains unaltered at £F540.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
400	500	20
500	600	24
600	800	32
800	1,000	40
1,000	1,200	48

$65 x 5-27 = $34255 = registered pension in consideration of
annual contribution current at marriage.
Total registered pension recorded on the bachelor contributor
marrying:-
By Rule I(a)........................................	7418
By Rule I(b) ........................................	34255
Total.......................................	41673

THE SINGLE PAYMENT WHICH WILL SECURE A YEARLY PENSION OF 1, PAYABLE BY MONTHLY INSTALMENTS

Age of Husband Last Birthday		Age of Wife last Birthday
Age of Husband Last Birthday	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65

Fiji Consolidated Legislation

Widows and Orphans Pensions Act