§ 1. Officers of the Palestine Government will receive the following special benefits in compensation for loss of career and prospects in addition to the proportionate retiring benefits due to them under the existing laws of Palestine or under the terms of their contracts.
§ (i) Officers serving in pensionable appointments who have not yet completed the period of To years' service necessary to qualify for pension.
- (a) A gratuity equal to 10 per cent. of the officer's retiring pensionable emoluments for each completed year of service.
- (b) A gratuity calculated under Palestine Pensions, Rule 2, i.e., 5 times the amount of pension the officer would have earned had there been no qualifying period.
§ (ii) Pensionable officers.—In addition to the pension earned by service, a pension based on the terms granted to public officers in-Ceylon in view of constitutional changes in that country, to be commuted in full at the option of the officer into a cash gratuity. The right of option will be withheld initially in the case of non-expatriate officers pending clarification of their prospects of re-employment. These additional pensions will be calculated according to the table in Appendix I and any computation of them will be calculated according to the table in Appendix II. An officer will be allowed to opt for the abolition terms prescribed under Pensions Rule 10 of the Palestine Pensions Ordinance, where these are more favourable to him.
§ The qualifying period of service for a pension under the Palestine Police Ordinance to be reduced from 15 to 10 years, thus bringing it into line with the qualifying period prescribed under the Pensions Ordinance.
§ (iii) All officers (other than Police below the rank of Inspector) who are pensionable or who would in due course have qualified for pension by length of service.—A disturbance grant equivalent to 2½ times the annual leave entitlement on full pay.
§ (iv) All Police below the rank of Inspector.—
- (a) A disturbance grant equivalent to 3 months' leave on full pay.
- (b) Special gratuity:—
- (1) the qualifying period of five years to be waived;
- (2) gratuity to be calculated on the basis of one month's salary for each of the first five years of service and two months' salary for each year of service over five, i.e., at twice the normal rate.
§ (v) Provident Fund officers. — A gratuity equal to half the amount of the bonus due under the Palestine Provident Fund Ordinance at the date of the termination of the officer's appointment.
§ (vi) Salary in lieu of notice to all temporary employees (other than casual labour) and officers on Provident Fund terms:
- (a) to all officers entitled to three months' notice.—Three months' pay or earned leave, whichever is the greater.
- (b) to all officers entitled to one month's notice.—One month's pay or earned leave, whichever is the greater.
- (c) to all other personnel in this category.—A fortnight's pay.