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Section 29: Payment of benefits to dependants

29.Payment of benefits to dependants

(1)Where a judicial officer dies while in service, the surviving spouse or spouses and dependant children of the deceased judicial officer shall be entitled to—

(a)a one-off lumpsum retirement benefit granted under paragraph 2 of Schedules 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act; and

(b)the monthly retirement benefit granted under paragraph 1 of Schedules 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act for a period of fifteen years from the date of the death of the judicial officer.

(2)Where a retired judicial officer to whom a monthly retirement benefit has been granted under paragraph 1 of Schedules 4, 5 and 6 of this Act dies during retirement, the surviving spouse or spouses and dependant children of the deceased retired judicial officer shall be entitled to the monthly retirement benefit for the unexpired period of the fifteen years.

(3)Where a judicial officer to whom a monthly retirement benefit is granted under paragraph 1 of Schedules 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Act dies after receiving the benefit for fifteen years, the payment of the monthly retirement benefit shall cease.

(4)For the avoidance of doubt, the retirement benefits granted to the surviving spouse or spouses and dependant children of a deceased judicial officer under subsection (1) or (2) shall be limited only to the lump sum retirement benefit and the monthly retirement benefit as the case may be.

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Surviving spouses and dependant children of a judicial officer who dies while in service are entitled to a one-off lump sum retirement benefit and a m...

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