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Members of Parliament and other Office-bearers Pension Fund Act, 1999
Act 20 of 1999
- Published in Government Gazette no. 2239 on 2 December 1999
- Assented to on 19 November 1999
- Commenced on 4 January 2000 by Government Notice of 1999
- [This is the version of this document from 2 December 1999 and includes any amendments published up to 6 October 2022.]
1. Definitions
2. Establishment of pension fund
3. Transfer of membership to pension fund and continuation of payment of pensions
4. Payment of certain moneys to the pension fund
5. Pension fund rules
Notwithstanding sections 4 and 12 of the Pension Funds Act, 1956, no rules of the pension fund and no alteration or rescission thereof or addition thereto, shall be endorsed or registered by the Registrar of Pension Funds unless and until it had been tabled in and approved by the National Assembly.6. Dissolution of pension fund
Notwithstanding sections 28 and 29 of the Pension Funds Act, 1956, the pension fund shall not be dissolved or wound up except by or under the authority of an Act of Parliament.7. Construction of definition of “retirement date” in section 1 of Act No. 24 of 1956
In the application of the definition of “retirement date” in section 1 of the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956), in relation to members referred to in section 3(1)(a) of the Members of Parliament and other Office-bearers Act, 1999, the words “on account of age, ill-health or retrenchment of staff” in that definition shall be deemed to include the words “or cessation of membership of the pension fund.[There is no closing quotation mark for the last quotation in this section in the Government Gazette.]8. Repeal of law
The Members of the National Assembly and other Office-bearers Pensions Act, 1990 (Act No. 21 of 1990) shall be repealed with effect from the date determined by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette.9. Short title and commencement
This Act shall be called the Members of Parliament and other Office-bearers Pension Fund Act, 1999 and shall come into operation on a date to be determined by the Minister of Finance by notice in the Gazette.History of this document
04 January 2000
Commences.
02 December 1999 this version
Published in
Government Gazette number 2239
19 November 1999
Assented to.