Donations for Children payable by a Subscriber who has married or remarried after retirement and who takes advantage of the provisions. of Rule 23. EIGHTH SCHEDULE (Rule 26). Annual Pension payable to a Widow during Widowhood. Of the portion of the above pensions met from the contributions of subscribers, the undermentioned amounts are granted temporarily, and a widow's pension in course of issue is therefore liable, in accordance with Rule 6 (3), to reduction not exceeding these amounts: Annual Pension payable to a fatherless child whose mother is living. Of the portions of the above pension met from the contributions of subscribers in each period amounts of £7 10s., £15, and £30 respectively are granted temporarily, and an orphan's pension in course of issue is therefore liable in accordance with Rule 6 (3) to reduction not exceeding this amount. The Annual Pension payable to an orphan of whatever age who has lost both parents is £150 (of which £30 is granted temporarily) met as follows: An orphan who is in receipt of pension at a rate lower than £150 on the date of the Mother's death shall be entitled to the enhanced pension with effect from the following day. THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE (NON-EUROPEAN MEMBERS) FAMILY PENSION RULES. DATED OCTOBER 14, 1925. 1925, No. 1020. In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2) of section 96B of the Government of India Act, the Secretary of State for India in Council, with the concurrence of a majority of votes at a meeting held on the 14th day of October, 1925, hereby makes the following Rules to regulate the family pensions of members of the Indian Civil Service, namely: 1.-(1) These Rules shall be called the Indian Civil Service (non-European members) Family Pension Rules. (2) They apply to all covenanted members of the Indian Civil Service who, being of non-European race, (a) were appointed to the Service after the 4th January, 1923, or (b) were appointed before the year 1912 and have been admitted as subscribers. (3) If any question arises as to whether these Rules apply or do not apply to any individual member of the Indian Civil Service. the question shall be decided by the Secretary of State in Council and his decision shall be final. 2. Subject to the provisions of Rule 3 every person to whom these Rules apply (hereinafter referred to as a subscriber) shall with effect from the date of his arrival in India be liable for contributions and payments of the amount and under the conditions prescribed by the Indian Civil Service Family Pension Rules; and his widow and orphans, if any, shall be entitled to benefits of the amount and under the conditions prescribed by those Rules. 3. It shall not be obligatory on the Secretary of State in Council to maintain, or to submit for actuarial report, accounts and statistics relating to subscribers under these Rules and their dependants. (8) Commutation of Civil Pensions. THE CIVIL PENSIONS (COMMUTATION) RULES, DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1925, MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA IN COUNCIL, UNDER SECTION 96в (2) (3) OF THE Government of INDIA ACT. 1925, No. 1059. In exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (2) and (3) of section 96B of the Government of India Act, the Secretary of State in Council, with the concurrence of the majority of votes at a meeting of the Council of India held on the 16th day of September, 1925, hereby makes the following rules to regulate the commutation of civil pensions, namely: 1.-(a) These rules may be called the Civil Pensions (Commutation) Rules. (b) They shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st April, 1925. 2. The powers granted by these rules shall be exercised, in relation to Government servants who are under the administrative control of a local Government, by the local Government, and in relation to other Government servants by the Governor-General in Council, and may be delegated by them to the High Commissioner for India, subject to any condition which they may think fit to impose. 3. A Government servant who is a member of one of the Services or holds one of the posts included in the appendix to these rules shall be entitled, subject to the conditions hereinafter specified, to commute for a lump payment any portion, not exceeding one-half, of any pension which has been or may be granted to him under civil rules. But any such commutation shall be subject to the condition that- (a) if the pension exceeds £180 when payable in London, or Rs. 2,057 when payable in India, not less than £150 (or Rs. 1,714) of its value shall remain uncommuted; and (b) if the pension is less than £180 (or Rs. 2,057), not more than £30 (or Rs. 343) of its value shall be commuted, and not less than £120 (or Rs. 1,371) shall remain uncommuted: Provided that the sanctioning authority may at its discretion relax or waive this condition in the case of a pension granted under the Premature Retirement Rules. 4. On the application of any Government servant to whom Rule 3 does not apply, the sanctioning authority may, on such conditions as it thinks fit to impose, sanction the commutation for a lump payment of a portion, not exceding one-half, of any pension which has been or is about to be granted to him under civil rules. 5. Applications shall be addressed (a) in the case of pensioners who draw their pensions from Indian Treasuries, or who, being resident in Colonies having an account current with the AccountantGeneral, Central Revenues, draw their pensions from the local Treasuries, to the local Government or to the Government of India, as the case may be; and (b) in the case of all other pensioners, to the High Commissioner for India, provided that in the case of pensioners residing in a Dominion or Colony, other than those referred to in clause (a) of this rule, the application shall be addressed to the High Commissioner through the official from whom the pension is drawn. 6. No communication shall be sanctioned until the pensioner has produced a certificate from such medical authority as may be prescribed in this behalf by the sanctioning authority to the effect that his bodily health and prospects of duration of life are such as to justify commutation. 7. The lump sum payable on commutation shall be calculated in accordance with a table or tables of present values which shall be prescribed by the Governor-General in Council in the case of pensioners whose applications are addressed to a local Government or to the Government of India, and by the Secretary of State in Council in all other cases. For the purpose of this rule, the age of the pensioner shall be assumed to be such age, not being less than his actual age, as the certifying medical authority may direct. 8. When commutation has been sanctioned the pensioner shall be informed accordingly, and shall have the option of withdrawing his application within one week after being so informed. If he does not withdraw his application within that period, the commutation of pension shall become absolute, and payment of the lump sum shall be made forthwith, payment of the commuted portion of the pension thereupon ceasing. 9. The lump sum, if calculated in accordance with the table of present values prescribed by the Governor-General in Council, shall be payable in India; in all other cases it shall be payable at the Home Treasury, 10. If, when the commutation of a portion of a pension has been sanctioned, the pensioner dies on or after the date from which commutation is to take effect, but before receiving the commutation value, this value shall be paid to his heirs. 11. Rules 14 to 23 inclusive of the Premature Retirement Rules (a) are hereby repealed. APPENDIX. 1. All-India Services: (a) Indian Civil Service. (b) Indian Police Service. (c) Indian Educational Service (Men's Branch). (d) Indian Agricultural Service. (e) Indian Forest Service. (f) Indian Forest Engineering Service. (9) Indian Service of Engineers. (h) Indian Veterinary Service. 2. Central Services: (1) Indian Audit and Accounts. (2) Military Accounts. (3) Mint and Assay Departments. (4) Customs Service. (5) Superior Telegraph Engineering and Wireless Branch. (6) Geological Survey. (7) Meteorological Service. (8) Mines Department. (9) Indian Railway Service of Engineers. (10) Archæological Department. (11) Zoological Survey. (12) Class I Survey of India. (13) Political Department (other than officers of the Indian Civil Service). (14) Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment. (15) Miscellaneous posts: Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Calcutta. Two Deputy Directors of Commercial Intelligence. 3. Officers who, though not members of one of the services mentioned above, hold posts borne on the cadres of any of those services. 4. Opium Department : (i) The Managing Director, pur. (ii) District Opium Officers. (iii) Assistant Opium Officers. At present in service, and not being member of the Provincial Civil Service. 5. Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, and General Managers of the Northern India Salt Revenue Department. 6. Income Tax Department: (1) Commissioners. (2) Assistant Commissioners. 7. Postal Department:— (1) Postmasters-General. (2) Deputy Postmasters-General. (3) Assistant Directors-General. (4) Presidency Postmasters. (a) S.R. & O. 1924, No. 61, p. 540. 19289 2 T |