ARMED FORCES PENSIONS ACT

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ARMED FORCES PENSIONS ACT

CHAPTER A23 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I — General

1.     Computation of pension or gratuity

2.     Pension, etc., to be charged on revenue of Nigeria

3.     Circumstances in which pension may be granted

4.     Retirement for inefficiency

5.     Compulsory retirement and retirement on compassionate grounds

6.     Maximum and minimum pension

7.     Pension and gratuity to be paid to dependants

8.     Pension and gratuity to be paid to personal representatives, etc., where a serviceman is killed in course of duty

PART II — Disablement Provisions relating to War Service

9.     Award for disablement

10.    Retrospection

11.    Gratuity for war service where no eligibility otherwise

PART III — Miscellaneous and Supplementary

12.    Pension and gratuity not to be assignable etc.

13.    Payment of public claims out of pension and gratuity

14.    Delegation of powers

15.    Regulations

16.    Interpretation

17.    Short title, repeals and savings

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ARMED FORCES PENSIONS ACT

An Act to consolidate all enactments dealing with pensions, war pensions and disability benefits and gratuities for members of the armed forces of the Federation, (taking into account the new pensions and gratuities devised for the armed forces).

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[COMMENCEMENT:                      1st day of April, 1974]

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1.     Computation of pension or gratuity

(1)    Subject to the provisions of this Act, any pension or gratuity payable to any serviceman under this Act shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act.

(2)    In the computation of pensionable service and qualifying service for the purposes of this Act-

(a)    where an officer served in any of the Armed Forces of the Federation during the period between 27 May, 1967 and 15 January, 1970 –

(i)     each completed year of war service shall count as two years;

(ii)    a period of war service exceeding four months and not included in a completed year shall count as one year; and

(iii)    a period of war service not exceeding four months and not included in a completed year or in a period of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) of this subsection shall count as six months;

(b)    any period of service (other than war service) over six months and not included in a completed year shall for the purposes of the First Schedule to this Act as relates to officers entitled to a pension, count as one year.

(3)    Pensions and gratuity already awarded under the provisions of any other enactment may be recalculated in order to take account of subsection (2) of this section.

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