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Part 3, **The Parliamentary Pensions Act, 1980** [Margin: Short title.]
Status not yet checked**The Parliamentary Pensions Act, 1980** [Margin: Short title.], Sierra Leone
[Margin: Administration of the scheme.] **11.** The Clerk of Parliament shall in consultation with the Speaker manage the affairs connected with the pensions scheme and all payments of pension shall be authorised by him out of funds sanctioned for the purpose by Parliament under the Votes of Parliament.
[Margin: Payments from Consolidated Fund.] **12.** The pension payable under this Act shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund.
[Margin: Rules.] **13.** The Speaker may, in consultation with the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for Finance, make rules under this Act for the management of the pension scheme.
[Margin: Validation of pensions already paid and savings.] **14.** (1) Where any pension or gratuity has been paid with effect from 19th April 1971 to any person who was a Member of the Legislature, then such payment shall be deemed to have been lawfully made.
(2) Any person who was entitled as a Member of the Legislature to such pension or gratuity under subsection (1) but did not receive it, may now receive it in like manner.
(3) In this Section "pension or gratuity" means a payment made in lump sum or in instalments to a Member of the Legislature in recognition of his services."
4 No. 1 *Parliamentary Pensions* 1980
SCHEDULE (Section 4)
*Annual Pension Rates*
| *Members of Legislature* | *Amount* Le |
|---|---|
| President ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | 5,578.65 |
| Vice-President ... ... ... ... ... ... | 2,869.02 |
| Minister ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | 2,510.55 |
| Speaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | 2,271.48 |
| Minister of State ... ... ... ... ... ... | 2,166.57 |
| Deputy Minister ... ... ... ... ... | 1,669.20 |
| Deputy Speaker ... ... ... ... ... ... | 1,669.20 |
| Member of Parliament ... ... ... ... ... | 1,200.00 |
Passed in Parliament this *18th* day of *January* in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty.
J. W. E. DAVIES,
*Clerk of Parliament.*
THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
J. W. E. DAVIES,
*Clerk of Parliament.*
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