TONGA

DISTRICT AND TOWN OFFICERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2000

Act 8 of 2000

AN ACT TO AMEND THE DISTRICT AND TOWN OFFICERS ACT

I assent,
TAUFA'AHAU TUPOU IV,
4th August, 2000

[18th July, 2000] 

BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: — 

1. 

(1) 	This Act may be cited as the District and Town Officers (Amendment) Act 2000. 

(2) 	The District and Town Officers Act (Cap. 43), as amended, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. 

2. 	Section 11 of the Principal Act is deleted and the following substituted therefor: 

"11. 

(1) 	Where an officer dies in office, it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to grant to the widow or legitimate child or children or the lawful heir of such officer a gratuity in a capital sum or by instalments which shall be available for the payment of all debts and funeral and testamentary expenses of the deceased officer. 

(2) 

(a) 	If the deceased officer has served as an officer for a continuous period of not less than 15 years the gratuity shall be an amount equal to 2 years of his annual salary.

(b) 	If the deceased officer has served as an officer for a continuous period of not less than 8 years but less than 15 years the gratuity shall be an amount equal to two thirds of his salary for 2 years.

(c) 	In all other cases the gratuity shall be an amount equal to one third of his salary for 2 years.

(3) 	Where an officer retires on medical grounds on the recommendation of a medical doctor it shall be lawful for His Majesty in Council to grant a gratuity to such officer in a capital sum or by instalments at the rate and amount set out in subsection (2) for a deceased officer.

(4) 	This section shall be deemed to have come into effect on 10 November, 1999." 

3. 	Section 12 of the Principal Act is repealed.

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Passed by the Legislative Assembly this 18 day of July, 2000.