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Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948
72Reduction of gratuity by reason of non‑effective service
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#### 72 Reduction of gratuity by reason of non‑effective service
Where:
(a) a person is entitled to a gratuity under this Act; and
(b) the period of service for pension of that person includes a period of non‑effective service;
the amount of the gratuity that would, but for this section, be payable to the person shall be reduced by an amount that bears to that first‑mentioned amount the same proportion as the period of non‑effective service bears to the period of service for pension.