Section 31: Increase of rates of pensions

31. Increase of rates of pensions (1) Where a public officer or an employee, as the case may be, by declaration surrendered any claim to any benefit under the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Fund Act, the aggregate rate of the surviving spouse’s pension and the children’s pension payable under this Act shall not at any time be less than the rate of the paid up pension. C23 – 13 [Issue 4] Civil Service Family Protection Scheme Act (2) Where subsection (1) applies and— (a) there is only one person to whom a pension is being paid or is to be granted, such pension shall be at the rate of the paid up pension; (b) there are 2 or more persons to whom pensions are being paid or are to be granted, each person’s pension shall be such proportion of the paid up pension as that person’s pension bears to the aggregate of the surviving spouse’s and children’s pensions. [S. 31 amended by Act 28 of 1993.]