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Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Act, 1998 (Act No. 20 of 1998)

8. Pension benefits

 

 

(1) There shall be paid out of and as a charge against the pension fund of which an office bearer is a member, such pension and other benefits as may be determined in terms of the law or rules governing such pension fund.

 

(2) The amount of the contribution to be made to the pension fund by the national government, of which a Deputy President, a Minister, a Deputy Minister, a member of the National Assembly or a permanent delegate is a member, shall be determined by the Minister of Finance after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission, and such amount shall annually be paid from monies appropriated by Parliament for that purpose.

 

(3)
(a) The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the pension fund of which a Premier is a member, shall be determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission.
(b) The provincial legislature concerned shall by resolution, if the provincial legislature is then sitting, or if it is in recess, within 30 days of its next ensuing sitting, determine the amount of the contribution and such amount shall annually be paid from monies appropriated for that purpose by the provincial legislature concerned.

 

(4)
(a) The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the pension fund of which a member of the Executive Council or a member of a provincial legislature is a member, shall be determined by the President by proclamation in the Gazette after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission.
(b) The Minister of Finance shall determine the amount of the contribution by notice in the Gazette and such amount shall annually form a charge against the Provincial Revenue Fund.

 

(5)
(a) The upper limit of the contribution to be made to the pension fund of which a member of a Municipal Council is a member, shall be determined by the Minister after consultation with the pension fund concerned and after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission.
(b) The Minister, after consultation with the pension fund concerned, shall determine the amount of the contribution and such amount shall annually form a charge against and be paid from the budget of the municipality concerned.

 

(6) The provisions of this section shall, subject to section 5(3), not apply to a traditional leader, a member of a local House of Traditional Leaders, a member of a provincial House of Traditional Leaders and a member of the National House of Traditional Leaders.

[Subsection (6) substituted by section 29 (d) of Act No. 41 of 2003]