Section 15: Gratuity where an officer or pensioner dies

15. Gratuity where an officer or pensioner dies (1) Subject to section 13— (a) where an officer who is appointed before 1 January 2013 dies while in the service of a statutory body, a gratuity of an amount [Issue 6] S42 – 8 Revised Laws of Mauritius not exceeding his annual pensionable emoluments or his computed pension gratuity, if any, whichever is the greater, shall be paid to his legal personal representative; (b) where an officer, who is in the service of a statutory body before 1 January 2013 and to whom a pension has been granted with or without gratuity and reduced pension, dies, one full month’s pension in respect of the month in which he dies, together with a gratuity of an equivalent amount, shall be paid to his legal personal representative; (c) where the officer referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) is an officer who is appointed on or after 1 January 2013, the benefits payable to his legal personal representative shall be computed in such manner as may be prescribed. (1A) Every legal personal representative shall refund to a statutory body any overpayment made to him under this section in the name of a deceased pensioner. (2) Any payment made under this section shall be exempt from succession duty. [S. 15 amended by Act 7 of 2000; s. 26 (h) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012; s. 27 (d) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2013.] 16. — [S. 16 repealed by Act 7 of 2000.]