Section 10: Pension and gratuity to be paid to dependant where a pensioner dies in service.

(1) Where a personnel dies in the course of official duty, there shall be paid to his next of kin a gratuity to which the personnel would have been entitled at the date of his death.
(2) Where a personnel dies before completing the minimum period of qualifying service, his next of kin shall be paid a death gratuity of one year's salary only.
(3) Any pension payable under subsection (1) shall be paid to any person entitled to it for a period expiring at the end of five y ears after the death of the personnel, however, a lump sum representing five years pensions may be paid immediately to the person entitled to it.