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Pension Rights of Judges Act

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1.    Pension rights of the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

  1. Pension rights of Judges.
  2. Incapacitated judicial officer.
  3. Interpretation.
  4. Short title.

An Act to provide for the retirement benefits of Judges.
[1991 No. 62.1991 No. 29.]

[1st January, 1985]

[Commencement.]

  1. Pension rights of the Chief Justice of Nigeria

A person holding the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria shall, if he retires in pen-
sionable circumstances, whether or not he has held office as a judicial officer for not less
than fifteen years, be entitled to pension for life at a rate equivalent to his last annual sal-
ary plus his consolidated allowances and the annual salaries of four of his domestic staff
in addition to any other retirement benefits to which he may be entitled.

[1991 No. 62. 1991 No. 29.]

  1. Pension rights of Judges
(1) A person other than the Chief Justice of Nigeria, who has held office as a judicial officer for a period of not less than fifteen years shall be entitled to pension for life at a rate equivalent to his last annual salary plus his consolidated allowances and the annual salaries of four of his domestic staff in addition to any other retirement benefits to which he may be entitled.

[1991 No. 62. 1991 No. 29.]

(2) A person who has held office as a judicial officer, other than the Chief Justice of Nigeria, for a period less than fifteen years shall be entitled to pension for life at a rate pro rata the number of years he served as a judicial officer in relation to the period of fifteen years or to the pension and other retirement benefits to which he is entitled under his terms and conditions of service, if any, whichever is the higher.

[1991 No. 62. 1991 No. 29.]

(3) A person, other than the Chief Justice of Nigeria, who had held office as a judicial officer for a period less than fifteen years, and who is not otherwise entitled to pensions under the foregoing provisions of this section, shall on retirement be entitled to pensions calculated on the basis of the more favourable of the following options, that is to say-
(a) pensions calculated on the basis of the relevant provisions of the Pensions Act which allow for the aggregation of the total length of service as a judicial offi- cer and any other pensionable service in the public service of the Federation or a State; and

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