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 East India (Constitutional Reforms). 
 
 PAPERS RELATING TO 
 
 PREMATURE RETIREMENT ON 
 
 PROPORTIONATE PENSION, 
 
 Presenter^ to Parliament hy Command of His Majesty. 
 
 LONDON: 
 PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE, 
 
 To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from 
 
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 1922. 
 
 Price 6d. Net. 
 
 [Cmd. 1727.]
 
 No. 1. 
 
 Resolutions issued on 8th November, 1921, by the 
 Government of India with the approval of the 
 Secretary of State in Council. 
 
 1. In their Keport on clause 36 of the Bill of 1919 the Joint 
 Committee observed : — 
 
 " The Committee think that every precaution should be taken to 
 secure to the public servants the career in life to which they looked 
 forward when they were recruited, and they have introduced fresh 
 provisions into this clause to that end. If friction occurs, a readjust- 
 ment of persons and places may often get over the difficulty, and the 
 Governor must always regard it as one of his most important duties 
 to establish a complete understanding between his ministers and the 
 officers through whom they will have to work. But if there are 
 members of the service whose doubts as to the changes to be made are 
 so deeply rooted that they feel they cannot usefully endeavour to 
 take part in them, then the Committee think it would only be fair 
 to those officers that they should be offered an equivalent career 
 elsewhere, if it is in the power of His Majesty's Government to do so, 
 or, in the last resort, that they should be allowed to retire on such 
 pension as the Secretary of State in Council may consider suitable to 
 their period of service." 
 
 The principle embodied in this recommendation, namely, that 
 public servants, the conditions of whose employment have been altered 
 by the constitutional changes introduced by the Act of 1919, could 
 not in certain circumstances fairly be required to continue in the 
 service of the Crown in India, was accepted by the Secretary of State. 
 The detailed orders necessary to give effect to it have since been the 
 subject of prolonged consideration by the Government of India and 
 the Secretary of State, and the Government of India are now in a 
 position to announce the decision of the Secretary of State in Council 
 regarding applications for permission to retire prematurely, and the 
 terms which will be granted to officers whose applications are accepted 
 by the Secretary of State. In framing these terms the object aimed 
 at has been to secure as just a mean as can be devised between an offer 
 which is open to the criticism that few of those in whose interests it 
 is made can afford to avail themselves of it, and one so liberal as to 
 seem unfair to those who are willing to remain and play their part 
 in the new order, and, while duly recognising the claims of loyal and 
 meritorious service which might have continued, both to the public 
 advantage and to the increasing credit of the officer himself, to avoid 
 unjustifiable addition to the non-effective charges which have to 
 be met from Indian revenues. 
 
 2. The constitutional changes introduced by the Act of 1919 have 
 affected the structure of the Central Government and that of the 
 
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 Provincial Governments unequally. The Central Government is 
 
 still an ofl5.cial Government, responsible to the Secretary of State and 
 
 fj^ ParUament, and there has been no such alteration in the conditions 
 
 ogf service of officers employed under it as would justify a relaxation 
 
 ■•-of the rules governing retirement and pensions. For the present, 
 
 <^herefore, and pending any further constitutional developments which 
 
 c^luay affect the character of the Central Government, applications 
 
 ofor permission to retire prematurely in consequence of reforms wiD 
 
 cjbe considered only if received from officers who — - 
 
 (1) are members of the following services — 
 
 (a) the Indian Civil Service ; 
 (6) the Indian Police Service ; 
 J (c) the Indian Forest Service ; 
 
 ^ (d) the Indian Educational Service ; 
 
 -: (e) the Indian Agricultural Service ; 
 
 03 (/) the Indian Service of Engineers ; 
 
 J (g) the Imperial Branch of the Civil Veterinary Department ; 
 
 ^. (A) officers of the Indian Medical Service in civil employ ; 
 
 p (i) military or other officers holding posts other than listed 
 
 3 posts borne on the provincial cadres of any of the 
 
 C above-mentioned services ; and 
 
 (2) are not permanently employed under the Government of 
 
 India, that is, officers who will not normally serve in 
 
 future under a Provincial Government ; and 
 
 Lo (3) arrived in India for the first time after joining the service 
 
 S in question on a date antecedent to the 1st January, 1920, 
 
 the Act of 1919 having become law a few days before this 
 
 _i date. 
 
 1^ 3. All appfications must reach the Local Government before the 
 ^ 31st March, 1924, by which date officers will have had ample oppor- 
 tunity to appreciate the effects of the recent constitutional changes 
 and to arrive at a considered decision. Officers of the services specified 
 who do not apply before that date will not be eligible for a pension 
 on premature retirement in consequence of any constitutional 
 3Q developments which may subsequently take place. In the case of 
 '^ officers serving under the Government of Burma, where the reformed 
 t/i constitution is not yet in force, the period within which applications 
 may be made will be extended beyond 31st March, 1924, to a date 
 wliich will be announced hereafter. But no officer serving in Burma 
 will be permitted to retire under the terms of this Resolution before 
 reforms have actually been introduced in the province. 
 
 Every appHcation must be accompanied by a certificate in the 
 following form : — " I consider that the conditions of my service have 
 been radically changed by the introduction of the reformed constitution, 
 and in consequence thereof I feel unable to serve the Government of 
 India with advantage to the State. I therefore desire to be released 
 from the obligations which I undertook in different circumstances.'' 
 
 Applications when received by Local Governments will be forwarded 
 with their recommendations to the Governor-General in Council, 
 and will be transmitted by him to the Secretary of State, whose orders 
 
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 will be required before any officer is finally adjudged entitled to the 
 new concessions. The Secretary of State in Council reserves to himself 
 the right to postpone the acceptance of resignations of officers until 
 suitable arrangements can be made for their replacement. Officers 
 who are not allowed for this reason to retire immediately will be 
 permitted to retire as soon as the exigencies of the service to which they 
 belong permit. 
 
 4. The compensation normally to be awarded to an officer who 
 is allowed to retire prematurely will be such pension as is appropriate 
 to the conditions and the period of his service. It would be improper, 
 however, to burden Indian revenues with the payment of a pension 
 to any officer who has not completed five years' total service and is, 
 in view of his age, in a position probably to take up a new career in 
 life, but in all services alike such officers wiU be eligible for a gratuity 
 equal to the number of completed yearsf of total service multiphed by 
 their monthly pay at the date of their retirement. This gratuity will 
 be converted into sterling at the rate of Is. 9d. per rupee, the ordinary 
 rate for the conversion into sterling of Indian pensions expressed in 
 rupees. 
 
 The pension to be allowed to officers who have completed more 
 than five years' total service will in all cases be based upon the number 
 of completed years| of active service and not of total service. Active 
 service will, for this purpose, be interpreted in the same way as active 
 service for the jJurpose of pension in Article 8 of the Civil Service 
 Regulations, war leave being treated for this purpose as privilege 
 leave. The pensions calculated on this basis which will be admissible 
 to officers in the various services are indicated below. In all cases 
 the letter N is used to denote the number of completed yearsj of active 
 service. 
 
 (A) Indian Civil Service. 
 
 The maximum pension of 1,000Z. is obtainable after 21 years' 
 
 N 
 active service. The pension admissible will be £_ X 1,000, subject 
 
 to the maximum of 1,000Z. a year. 
 
 (B) Officers to whom the ordinary Pension Rules in Part 4 of the 
 Civil Service Regulations apply. 
 
 (1) A maximum ordinary pension of Rs. 6,000 a year is obtainable 
 
 after 30 years' service, of which four years may be spent on leave out 
 
 of India, that is, the pension of Rs. 6,000 is obtainable after 26 years' 
 
 active service. In addition, these officers may obtain additional 
 
 pensions under Article 475a of the Civil Service Regulations, and, for 
 
 the purpose of the present scheme, it is assumed that they will qualify 
 
 for the maximum lower additional pension of Rs. 1 ,500 per annum, 
 
 making a total of Rs. 7,500 per annum after 26 years' active service. 
 
 N 
 The pension admissible will, therefore, be Rs. X 7,500 a year, 
 
 subject to a maximum of Rs. 6,000 a year. 
 
 t The orders have been modified by a subsequent decision of the Secretary 
 of State in Council that in calculating proportionate pensions account is to be 
 taken of completed months of service to the extent of one-twelfth for each 
 completed month in excess of the completed j'ears.
 
 (2) Under the provisions of Articles 403 to 404a of the Civil 
 Service Regulations, members of certain services are permitted to add 
 additional years to their actual qualifying service for superannuation 
 pension, but not for any other classes of pension. Such officers will, 
 however, be allowed to deduct the number of additional years which 
 they may be entitled to reckon under the articles cited from the divisor 
 26. 
 
 (3) The pension will be converted into sterling at the rate of Is. 9^. 
 per rupee, the ordinary rate for the conversion into sterling of Indian 
 pensions expressed in rupees. 
 
 (C) Officers of the Indian Army in Civil Employ. 
 
 Under the provisions of para. 305 of the Army Regulations (India), 
 Vol, II, an Indian Army officer remains on the effective list of the 
 Army, and is eligible for reversion to military employment until he is 
 placed on the supernumerary list on the expiration of 10 years from 
 the date of his original transfer to civil employment. An officer 
 who has not yet been so placed on the supernumerary list, and who 
 desires to take advantage of the concessions set out in this Resolution 
 will first be given an opportunity to return to military employment, 
 and he will not be eligible for any of them unless the Army are unable 
 or unwilling to absorb him. The ordinary maximum pension obtain- 
 able by an Indian Army officer in civil employment is 800^. a year. 
 This pension is obtainable after approximately 30 years' total service, 
 and for present purposes it may be assumed that of this period about 
 five years might have been spent on furlough. The pension admissible 
 
 N 
 to these officers will, therefore, be £ X 800, subject to a maximum 
 
 of 800?. a year. 
 
 (D) Officers of the Indian Medical Service in Civil Employ. 
 
 An officer of the Indian Medical Service who desires to take advan- 
 tage of these rules will similarly be given first an opportunity to return 
 to military employment, and will not be allowed any concession under 
 this Resolution unless the Army are unable or are unwilling to absorb 
 him. Under the ordinary rules pensions are admissible to officers 
 of the Indian Medical Service after 17 years' total service. Special 
 provision is, therefore, required only for officers of less than 17 years' 
 total service. The pension is AOOl. a year after 17 years' total service, 
 of which three vears may be assumed to have been spent on furlough, 
 
 N 
 and the pension admissible to those officers will therefore be £ - X 400, 
 
 subject to a maximum of 400i!. a year. 
 
 5. Gratuity. — In addition to the gratuity or pension admissible 
 to an officer under paragraph 4, a gratuity equal to the actual cost 
 of 1st class fares and passages from their last place of employment 
 in India to their new home, for the officer himself, and for his wife 
 and children if in India, or, in the case of passages, free passages of 
 the same number and class, wiU be granted to an officer in India at
 
 the time when he retires or goes on leave preparatory to retirement 
 under these terms, if he actually proceeds to some other part of the 
 British Empire. No officer, however, will be entitled to receive any 
 gratuity under this paragraph if he is entitled to the maximum pension 
 specified for his Service in paragraph 4. 
 
 The gratuity will be j)ayable under the orders of the Local Govern- 
 ment under whom the officer is serving when he actually retires or 
 proceeds on leave preparatory to retirement, and after the Secretary 
 of State has approved of his admission in due course to the benefits 
 of this Resolution. 
 
 6. Leave. — An officer who desires to retire under the terms set 
 out in this resolution will ordinarily be allowed to take the full amount 
 of leave admissible to him under the regulations for the time being 
 in force, subject to the condition that it shall expire on the 31st March, 
 1924. 
 
 After that date ofiicers will normally only be allowed to take the 
 privilege leave admissible to them. It will be, however, for the 
 Local Government to grant leave which will extend after that date 
 to an officer who has given notice of his intention to retire under these 
 rules before that date, if he has enjoyed no leave after the date of this 
 Resolution and has, after the date of this Resolution, formally 
 applied to Government for, and been refused, leave. 
 
 7. Indian Civil Service Family Pensions. — In order to secure 
 suitable provision for the widows and orphans of members of the 
 Indian Civil Service, contributions are compulsorily deducted from 
 their salaries during their j^eriod of service, a jyro forma account is 
 maintained of the receipts and payments, and the contributions levied 
 are so adjusted that the pensions provided by the regulations shall 
 not bring any charge on Indian revenues in excess of the amount 
 specially sanctioned in aid of the pensions and for the cost of manage- 
 ment. Members of this service who desire to retire under the terms 
 of this Resolution will naturally desire to be informed of the family 
 pension terms which will be admissible to them. These will be as 
 follows, according to the alternative of the three permissible which 
 the officer elects : — 
 
 (A) He may cease to make any contributions and payments under 
 the regulations, and he will retain only the right to a proportion of 
 the contingent benefits under the regulations for his wife and children 
 existing on the date of retirement, and for any children subsequently 
 born to that wife. This proportion shall be equal to the number of 
 his completed years' total service divided by 25, and the calculation 
 shall be based upon the pension admissible to the widow of an officer 
 of the Class to which he belonged at the time of his retirement. 
 
 (B) He may continue up to his 54th birthday (the age up to which 
 an officer who resigns the service before becoming entitled to a pension 
 under the ordinary rules is required to continue to subscribe, if permitted 
 to do so at all) to make contributions under the regulations at the rates 
 payable by him at the date of retirement, and he will then retain the 
 right to the full contingent benefits admissible under the regulations,
 
 according to his class on the date of his retirement, for his wife existing 
 at the date of retirement, and for any children by her, whether born 
 before or after retirement. Under this alternative, subscriptions 
 will be payable under the ordinary regulations for each child, whether 
 born before or after retirement. Further, the widow's pension under 
 the regulations varies with the Class of an officer at his death, and 
 in this case the right to the contingent widow's benefit retained will 
 be limited to the scale applicable to her if her husband had died at 
 the time of retirement. 
 
 (C) He may continue up to liis 54th birthday to make contributions 
 and payments under the regulations at the rates which would have been 
 payable by him from time to time had he remained in the service. 
 In this case he will retain the full benefits admissible under the regu- 
 1 itions as if he had remained in the service until death or retirement 
 with an ordinary pension. 
 
 The Secretary of State in Council will make good to the Indian 
 Civil Service Family Pension Fund under a suitable procedure any 
 loss which these concessions may be estimated to throw upon it. 
 
 8. A few minor points remain for settlement, e.g., the family pension 
 terms which will be admissible to Indian Army officers and the con- 
 ditions upon which the commutation of pensions admissible under 
 para. 4 will be allowed. The decisions on these points will be 
 announced later. 
 
 II. 
 
 Tlie Governor-General in Council has separately announced the 
 special terms sanctioned by the Secretary of State in Council for officers 
 retiring prematurely in consequence of the introduction of constitu- 
 tional reforms. It is considered desirable to announce at the same 
 time the undermentioned general decisions of the Secretary of State 
 in Council as to the right of officers to retire under the ordinary 
 regulations. 
 
 Note 2, under Article 465a of the Civil Service Regulations, wliich 
 was introduced with the new pension rules announced on the 15th 
 November, 1919, reserved to the Government an absolute right to 
 decline to permit an officer to retire before reaching the age of super- 
 annuation, should it be necessary in the public interest to retain his 
 services. This note has, it is understood, led members of the 
 services to fear that it may, in the future, be difficult to secure per- 
 mission to retire before the age of superannuation. Indeed, certain 
 officers, it is believed, have on this account refused to accept the new 
 pension rules. 
 
 In order to allay this apprehension, it has been decided — 
 
 (rt) in the case of officers in service on the 15th November, 1919, 
 to substitute for the rule in Note 2 under Article 465a of 
 the Civil Service Regulations, a rule giving them the right 
 to retire, subject to six months' notice ; and 
 
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 (b) in the case of officers who have joined or who may join service 
 after that date, to substitute for the rule in Note 2 a new 
 rule corresponding with the rule in Article 561 of the Civil 
 Service Regulations (which has always been applicable 
 to members of the Indian Civil Service), and permitting 
 them to retire on pension under the ordinary rules when 
 their resignations have been accepted. 
 
 Any officer who may have declined to elect to come under the 
 provisions of the new pension rules, because of his objection to this 
 note, may now elect in writing, before the 31st March, 1922, to do so. 
 This option applies also to any person who may have retired already, 
 after the announcement of the new pension terms in November, 
 1919. 
 
 No. 2. 
 
 Modification of the Orders contained in the Reso- 
 lution of the 8th November, 1921, regarding 
 Retirement on Proportionate Pension. 
 
 The Secretary of State for India in Council has decided, in con- 
 sultation with the Government of India, to make the following 
 modifications in the orders announced in the Resolution of the 
 Government of India of 8th November last, relating to the conditions 
 and terms upon which officers of all-India Services may retire 
 prematurely, if they desire to do so, in view of the change in the con- 
 ditions of their employment brought about by the introduction of 
 constitutional reforms. 
 
 1. The orders in question at present give to members of the Services 
 to which they relate, who arrived in India for the first time on a date 
 antecedent to 1st January, 1920, an option of retiiing which expires 
 on 31st March, 1924. The Secretary of State in Council has decided 
 that the option, instead of expiring on 31st March, 1924, shall continue 
 in force and may be exercised until the action proposed to be taken 
 on the Report of the Parliamentary Commission provided for by the 
 Government of India Act is known, v/hen the whole position v.nll 
 necessarily be reviewed. 
 
 2. It follows from this decision that the restriction that leave 
 taken in anticipation of retirement must be completed before 31st 
 March, 1924, is also removed. Officers proposing to retire prematurely, 
 provided that they have submitted a definite application for permission 
 to retire, accompanied by the prescribed form of declaration, will 
 ordinarily be allowed, before their retirement takes effect, to avail
 
 themselves of the full amount of leave which is due to them, and which 
 may be granted to them at one time under the regulations for the time 
 being in force and applicable to them otherwise than on medical 
 certificate. A mere intimation of a possible intention to retire will 
 not entitle an ofiicer to have his application for leave dealt with 
 under these Rules. 
 
 An officer who has submitted an aj)plication to retire, supported by 
 a declaration, and has obtained leave on the basis of it, will not be 
 permitted to cancel his appHcation and to return to duty without the 
 consent of his Local Government. 
 
 An ofiicer on leave will be at liberty to submit an application 
 to retire with the prescribed declaration and will then, unless the 
 Local Government considers his return necessary, be placed in the 
 same position as an officer who has submitted his application in India. 
 
 3. The following form of declaration is substituted for that required 
 by the present rules : " In view of the changes in the conditions of 
 my service occasioned by the Government of India Act of 1919, I 
 desire to retire on the terms set forth in the orders relating to premature 
 retirement." 
 
 4. The Secretary of State in Council is prepared to permit officers 
 retiring prematurely to take up other employment during the currency 
 of their leave preparatory to such retirement, subject to the following 
 conditions : — 
 
 (a) that if the proposed employment lies in India, the specific 
 consent of the Governor-General in Council shall be obtained, 
 and that if the proposed employment lies elsewhere than 
 in India, the specific consent of the Secretary of State in 
 Council shall be obtained ; 
 
 (6) that a request for such permission must be accompanied 
 by a definite request for permission to retire at the expiry 
 of the leave. 
 
 The Governor-General in Council or the Secretary of State in 
 Council, as the case may be, will ordinarily grant permission to take 
 up employment in these circumstances unless he considers that the 
 employment proposed is such as could not with propriety be 
 held by a person who is still in the service of the Crown in India ; 
 or, alternatively, he may grant the desired permission in any such case, 
 subject to the stipulation that acceptance of the employment in 
 question will preclude the officer from withdrawing his request to 
 retire and from returning to duty in India. 
 
 Even in cases where the stipulation above mentioned has not been 
 made, an officer who has been granted permission to take up such 
 employment will not be allowed to withdraw his request for permission 
 to retire and to return to duty in India without the specific consent 
 of the Secretary of State in Council, who will, before giving such 
 consent, consult the Government of India and the Local Government 
 under which the officer was employed.
 
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 5. The Secretary of State in Council desires it to be understood 
 that the eligibiUty to retire on proportionate pension is not an 
 absolute right which accrues on signature and presentation of the 
 prescribed declaration; The Secretary of State reserves to himself 
 the right to arrange for a combined pension under ordinary rules on 
 their final retirement in the case of officers who have obtained employ- 
 ment with his permission in other departments under the Crown, or 
 to withold permission to retire, or to permit retirement on reduced 
 pension only, if circumstances exist which justify this course (cf. 
 Art, 470, Civil Service Eegulations). Thus it would not be open to an 
 officer against whom disciplinary proceedings were pending or in 
 contemplation, which might result in the reduction or withholding 
 of his pension, to avoid such proceedings by an application for 
 permission to retire on proportionate pension. 
 
 6. While the Secretary of State in Council reserves to himself the 
 right to postpone the acceptance of resignations of officers until 
 suitable arrangements can be made for their replacement, an officer 
 who has been granted permission to retire under these orders will 
 only be detained in India beyond the date on which he desires to 
 leave if his detention cannot be avoided without prejudice to the 
 public interest. Ordinarily, the Local Government under which the 
 officer is employed will intimate, when forwarding his application, 
 whether it considers that the Secretary of State in Council should 
 exercise the right reserved to himself of postponing acceptance of 
 his resignation, and, if so, for what period ; but the Local Government 
 must be given discretion to determine, with due regard to the public 
 interest, the date when leave granted under para. 2 will begin, even 
 though the officer's resignation has been accepted by the Secretary of 
 State. 
 
 7. The Secretary of State in Council intends as soon as possible 
 to re-issue in the form of rules under Section 96b (2) and (3) of the 
 Government of India Act the orders issued on 8th November last 
 by the Government of India as already amended and as amended by 
 the present announcement, and he takes this opportunity of announcing 
 that the orders applicable to officers serving in other provinces will 
 apply to officers serving in Burma, with effect from the date on which 
 the notification of the Governor-General in Council, dated 7th October 
 last, constituting Burma a Governor's province is brought into 
 operation. 
 
 India Office, 
 July, 1922.
 
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 No. 3. 
 
 Regulations for the Commutation of Proportionate 
 
 Pensions. 
 
 1. In continuation of the orders issued on 8tli November, 1921, 
 regarding the premature retirement of OlB&cers of Indian Services on 
 proportionate pensions, the Secretary of State in Council has decided 
 that an Officer awarded a proportionate pension may be permitted 
 to commute a portion of his pension, not exceeding one-third of the 
 whole, unless in the opinion of the sanctioning authority (the Local 
 Government under which the Officer was last employed for an officer 
 who draws his pension directly or indirectly from Indian Treasuries, 
 and the High Commissioner in all other cases) there are exceptional 
 reasons for refusing sanction to the application in whole or ir part. 
 If the sanctioning authority considers that such reasons exist, the 
 case will be referred for the decision of the Secretary of State in 
 Council. 
 
 2. An Officer in Europe desirous of commuting must make 
 application in writing to the High Commissioner for India, stating 
 his desire so to commute, and furnishing information as to his age 
 and the reasons on which he bases his request. Permission to com- 
 mute in sterling will not ordinarily be granted by the High Commis- 
 sioner to an officer residing only temporarily out of India. Com- 
 mutation in his case will ordinarily be dealt with by the authorities 
 in India. 
 
 3. If the High Commissioner for India approves the commutation, 
 the Officer will be so informed, and his application will be referred to 
 the Medical Board at the India Office. 
 
 4. The Board wiU require the Officer to give such information as 
 to his health and habits as is usual in the case of persons proposing 
 to assure their lives in assurance companies, and he will be required 
 to submit himself for personal examination by the Board at the India 
 Office. 
 
 5. An Officer residing in a Dominion or Colony (other than those 
 whose accounts are adjusted direct with Indian Treasuries) and desirous 
 of commuting will be required to foUow a procedure similar to that 
 in the case of an Officer residing in Europe except that he will apply 
 to the High Commissioner for India through the official from whom 
 he draws his pension. If the application is approved the Officer will 
 be informed accordingly, and a special civil medical board will be 
 assembled under the orders of the Local Colonial Government. 
 
 The Medical Board will report in the following form : — 
 
 *' We have carefully examined and are 
 
 of opinion that he is {or is not) in good bodily health, and has
 
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 (or has not) the prospect of an average duration of life. We 
 therefore (or do not) recommend compliance with his application 
 to be allowed to capitalise a portion of his pension," 
 
 In the case of impaired lives in which compliance with the Officer's 
 application is recommended, but with an addition of years of age, 
 the following should be added : — " but as he is suffering 
 his age for purposes of commutation should be taken to be 
 years." 
 
 6. The basis of commutation, subject to an addition of years of 
 age in the case of impaired lives, shall be the following table, the age 
 of the Officer being reckoned at the age he will attain on the birthday 
 next succeeding the date upon which the capitalised sum will become 
 payable : — 
 
 Age 
 
 Number of 
 
 Age 
 
 Number of 
 
 Age 
 
 Number of 
 
 next 
 
 Years' 
 
 next 
 
 Years' 
 
 next 
 
 Years' 
 
 Birthday. 
 
 Purchase. 
 
 Birthday. 
 
 Purchase, 
 
 Birthday. 
 
 Purchase. 
 
 21 
 
 14 '376 
 
 41 
 
 12-413 
 
 61 
 
 8-728 
 
 22 
 
 14 
 
 297 
 
 42 
 
 12 
 
 275 
 
 62 
 
 8 
 
 503 
 
 23 
 
 14 
 
 218 
 
 43 
 
 12 
 
 131 
 
 63 
 
 8 
 
 275 
 
 24 
 
 14 
 
 139 
 
 44 
 
 11 
 
 982 
 
 64 
 
 8 
 
 046 
 
 25 
 
 14 
 
 058 
 
 45 
 
 11 
 
 828 
 
 65 
 
 7 
 
 815 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 975 
 
 46 
 
 11 
 
 669 
 
 66 
 
 7 
 
 583 
 
 27 
 
 13 
 
 892 
 
 47 
 
 11 
 
 505 
 
 67 
 
 7 
 
 351 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 807 
 
 48 
 
 11 
 
 336 
 
 68 
 
 7 
 
 118 
 
 29 
 
 13 
 
 720 
 
 49 
 
 11 
 
 162 
 
 69 
 
 6 
 
 886 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 631 
 
 50 
 
 10 
 
 983 
 
 70 
 
 6 
 
 654 
 
 31 
 
 13 
 
 542 
 
 51 
 
 10 
 
 799 
 
 71 
 
 6 
 
 423 
 
 82 
 
 13 
 
 449 
 
 52 
 
 10 
 
 611 
 
 72 
 
 6 
 
 194 
 
 33 
 
 13 
 
 352 
 
 53 
 
 10 
 
 417 
 
 73 
 
 5 
 
 967 
 
 34 
 
 13 
 
 250 
 
 54 
 
 10 
 
 218 
 
 74 
 
 5 
 
 742 
 
 35 
 
 13 
 
 145 
 
 55 
 
 10 
 
 018 
 
 75 
 
 5 
 
 520 
 
 36 
 
 13 
 
 035 
 
 56 
 
 9 
 
 812 
 
 76 
 
 5 
 
 300 
 
 37 
 
 12 
 
 920 
 
 57 
 
 9 
 
 602 
 
 77 
 
 5 
 
 084 
 
 38 
 
 12 
 
 800 
 
 58 
 
 9 
 
 388 
 
 78 
 
 4 
 
 872 
 
 39 
 
 12 
 
 676 
 
 59 
 
 9 
 
 171 
 
 79 
 
 4 
 
 664 
 
 40 
 
 12-547 
 
 60 
 
 8-951 
 
 80 
 
 4-460 
 
 Note 1. — These rates are subject to modification by the Secretary 
 of State in Council from time to time. 
 
 Note 2. — In order to ensure payment at the rate shown for any 
 specified age, it is essential that the application to commute should reach 
 the High Commissioner's Office at least one month before the date on 
 which the applicant will attain that age. 
 
 7. When commutation has been sanctioned by the High Com- 
 missioner the applicant will be informed accordingly, and will have 
 the option of withdrawing his application witliin one week after 
 receiving notice.
 
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 8. If the applicant does not withdraw his application witliin that 
 period, the decision will be considered final, and the commutation 
 ol pension will become absolute, and payment will be made forthwith, 
 payment of the commuted portion of the pension thereupon ceasing. 
 
 9. The capitalised sum will be payable in India if the commutation 
 is effected there ; in all other cases it will be payable in England. 
 When commutation of a sterling pension is effected in India by 
 Officers residing temporarily in that country the commutation will 
 be on the basis of the current rate of exchange, the rate adopted 
 being the rate of exchange for telegraphic transfers from Calcutta on 
 London on the 20th of the month preceding that in which the capitalised 
 sum is paid. 
 
 10. The commutation of the proportionate pension of an officer 
 who draws his pension directly or indirectly from Indian Treasuries 
 will be governed by rules which the Government of India are issuing 
 separately. 
 
 India Office, 
 July, 1922. 
 
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