Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE FORCE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1973 No. 86 of 1973 - SECT 57

57. (1) Where a person is entitled to a gratuity and the period of service
for pension of that person includes a period of non-effective service, the
amount of the gratuity that would, but for this section, be payable to the
person is reduced by an amount that bears to that first- mentioned amount the
same proportion as the period of non-effective service bears to the period of
service for pension.
(2) In sub-section (1), ''period of non-effective service'', in relation to a
person, means a period of service of the person exceeding twenty-one
consecutive days during which period any or all of the following occurred,
that is to say-

   (a)  he was on leave of absence without pay;

   (b)  he was absent without leave;

   (c)  he was awaiting trial on a charge in respect of an offence of which he
        was later convicted;

   (d)  he was undergoing trial on such a charge;

   (e)  he was undergoing field punishment, detention or imprisonment.