ARMED FORCES PENSIONS ACT

Section 1: Computation of pension or gratuity.

1974Section 1 of 17Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any pension or gratuity payable to any serviceman under this Act shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to this Act.
(2) In the computation of pensionable service and qualifying service for the purposes of this Act-
(a) where an officer served in any of the Armed Forces of the Federation during the period between 27 May, 1967 and 15 January, 1970-
(i) each completed year of war service shall count as two years;
(ii) a period of war service exceeding four months and not included in a completed year shall count as one year; and
(iii) a period of war service not exceeding four months and not included in a completed year or in a period of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) of this subsection shall count as six months;
(b) any period of service (other than war service) over six months and not included in a completed year shall for the purposes of the First Schedule to this Act as relates to officers entitled to a pension, count as one year.
(3) Pensions and gratuity already awarded under the provisions of any other enactment may be recalculated in order to take account of subsection (2) of this section.

Cite this section

Section 1, ARMED FORCES PENSIONS ACT (1974).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/armed-forces-pensions-act/section/1/