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| (1) A Village Council may, with the approval of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister of Finance, grant out of the communal fund of the village area for which that Council has been constituted, to any person-
| | (a) who retires or has retired from service as an officer or servant of that Council, or | | |
| | (b) who is or was transferred from such service to, and retires or has retired from, the service of the Government, | | |
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| (2) Where no pension, annuity, or gratuity, or no adequate pension, annuity, or gratuity is payable to the widow, children, next of kin or dependants of any deceased officer or servant of a Village Council under any by-laws or rules of that Council or under any scheme or fund established under the Local Government Service Ordinance, that Council may, with the approval of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister of Finance, grant to such widow, children, next of kin or dependants a pension, an annuity or a gratuity out of the communal fund of the village area for which that Council has been constituted. |
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| (3) Nothing In subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be construed to confer on any person any right to any pension, annuity, gratuity or retiring allowance under either of those subsections. |
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