Section 4: Determination of retiring allowance

4. Determination of retiring allowance For the purpose of determining the retiring allowance— (a) the maximum retiring allowance payable to a retiring member shall be two thirds of his pensionable emoluments; (b) any member who has served as Prime Minister in a substantive capacity shall be entitled to the maximum amount of the retiring allowance; [Issue 2] N7 – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius (c) subject to paragraph (d), a person shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a member by reason only of the dissolution of Parliament; (d) a person who immediately before the dissolution of Parliament was a member and is not returned at the election next following the dissolution shall be deemed to have ceased to be a member from the date of the dissolution; (e) where a retiring member in receipt of a retiring allowance again becomes a member, his retiring allowance shall be re-determined on the aggregate of his qualifying service and on the basis of the highest annual salary drawn by him during any period of qualifying service. [S. 4 amended by Act 16 of 1988.]