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Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948
45Pension increase on officer retiring at age of 61 years or over
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#### 45 Pension increase on officer retiring at age of 61 years or over
Where:
(a) a contributor, being an officer, retires on or after the day on which he attains the age of 61 years;
(b) the retiring age for the rank held by him is 60 years; and
(c) he is entitled to a pension under section 38, or under subsection 52(1);
the amount of that pension shall be increased by an amount ascertained by multiplying the portion of the pension equivalent to the contributions paid by him to the Fund by:
(d) if his age on retirement is less than 62 years—6%; or
(e) in any other case—13%.