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Act
24 of 1969
Amended by
44 of 1976
17 of 2007
21 of 2007
4 of 2008
2 of 2012
2 of 2013

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CHAPTER 2:03

RETIRING ALLOWANCES
(LEGISLATIVE SERVICE) ACT

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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
Page

Retiring Allowances (Legislative Service) Regulations (GN 234/1971) … 18

Note on Adaptation
Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the
Commission amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s
approval of the amendments was signified by LN 52/1980, but no marginal reference is made
to this Notice where any such amendment is made in the text.

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CHAPTER 2:03

RETIRING ALLOWANCES
(LEGISLATIVE SERVICE) ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Contributors.
4. Contributions.
5. Circumstances in which retiring allowances shall be paid.
6. Rate of retiring allowance.
7. Cessation of retiring allowance if person in receipt thereof again

becomes a legislator.
8. Gratuity.
9. Surviving spouse’s allowance.
9A. (Deleted by Act No. 2 of 2013).
10. Children’s allowance.
11. Retiring allowance to former legislators on payment of special

contribution.
12. Awards to be charged on the Consolidated Fund.
13. Awards not to be assignable.
14. Power to make Regulations.
15. Payment of contributions for period between 1st January 1969 and

passing of this Act.

SCHEDULE.

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24 of 1969.

Commencement.

Short title.

Interpretation.
[44 of 1976].

S.I. 1959/1044
(U.K.).

CHAPTER 2:03

RETIRING ALLOWANCES (LEGISLATIVE SERVICE) ACT

An Act to provide retiring allowances, on a contributory basis,
to persons who have served as members of the House of
Representatives, or in certain parliamentary offices to
provide allowances for the widows and children of such
persons and to provide for matters connected with or
incidental to the foregoing purposes.

[1ST JANUARY 1969]
1. This Act may be cited as the Retiring Allowances
(Legislative Service) Act.
2. In this Act—
“appropriate Minister” means the Minister of Finance, but in

respect of any matter relating to an award for the person for
the time being holding the office of Minister of Finance, the
appropriate Minister shall be such other Minister as the
Prime Minister may designate;

“award” means any amount payable out of the Consolidated
Fund to any person pursuant to this Act;

“contributions” means contributions payable pursuant to
section 4;

“contributor” means any legislator who by virtue of section 3
becomes a contributor under this Act;

“elected member” means a member of the House of
Representatives;

“Executive Council” and “Legislative Council” refer to the
bodies which under either of those names were constituted
pursuant to provisions in the Trinidad and Tobago
(Constitution) Orders-in-Council, 1950 to 1959;

“former legislative service” means service prior to the date of the
commencement of this Act but subsequent to the 26th day of
October 1956 as—

(a) a member of the House of Representatives; or

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Ch. 17:04.

S.l. 1961/1192
(U.K.).

S.l. 1962/1875
(U.K.).

Ch. 1:01.

(b) a Minister or a member (other than an official
member) of the Executive Council or the
Legislative Council;

“full parliamentary term” means the period commencing on the
date of the first sitting of Parliament after a general election
and expiring at the date of the next ensuing dissolution of
Parliament;

“Head of Mission” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the
Retiring Allowances (Diplomatic Service) Act;

“legislator” means a person who—
(a) is an elected member; or
(b) not being an elected member, is the holder of a

specified legislative office;
“Minister”, when not preceded by the word “appropriate”, means

a legislator appointed a Minister pursuant to the Trinidad
and Tobago (Constitution) Order-in-Council 1959, or to the
Constitution in the Annex to the Trinidad and Tobago
(Constitution) Order-in-Council 1961, or to the Constitution
in the Second Schedule to the Trinidad and Tobago
(Constitution) Order-in-Council 1962, or to the Constitution
in the Schedule to the Constitution of the Republic of
Trinidad and Tobago Act;

“retiring allowance” means a retiring allowance payable pursuant
to section 5;

“salary” means—
(a) in respect of former legislative service—
(i) the basic salary paid to a person by virtue

of his being a member of the House of
Representatives during the period of such
service or where during that period any
such member held a specified legislative
office, the basic salary paid in respect of
the office so held; and

(ii) the basic salary paid to a person [not being
a person referred to in subparagraph (i)],

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Schedule.

Contributors.

Contributions.

by virtue of his being a Minister or a
member (other than an official member)
of the Executive Council or the
Legislative Council during the period of
such service; and

(b) as respects a legislator, the basic salary payable
to him as such but in relation to a legislator
holding any specified legislative office means
the basic salary payable to him in respect of the
office so held; and

for the purposes of this definition, “basic salary” means the
emoluments provided in the Estimates of Revenue and
Expenditure of Trinidad and Tobago exclusive of duty
allowance, entertainment allowance or any other allowance
whatever;

“specified legislative office” means any of the offices specified in
the Schedule or any office prescribed as such by the
Minister of Finance by Notification.

3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every person who, at the
commencement of this Act, is a legislator, and every person who, after
the commencement of this Act becomes a legislator shall, by virtue of
being a legislator, become a contributor under this Act.
(2) This section does not apply to any legislator while he
holds the office of Prime Minister.

4. (1) Contributions are payable under this Act by every
person who becomes a contributor and such contributions shall—
(a) be at the rate of six per cent of the basic salary

payable to the contributor;
(b) be payable in respect of the basic salary of the

contributor from the commencement of this Act,
or from any later date on which the person
concerned becomes a contributor, until he
ceases to be a legislator;

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Circumstances
in which retiring
allowances shall
be paid.
[44 of 1976
17 of 2007
21 of 2007
2 of 2013].

(c) accrue daily and be deducted monthly from the
salary of each contributor and be paid to the
Comptroller of Accounts.

(2) All contributions made pursuant to this section shall
be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

5. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a retiring
allowance shall be paid to any person who—
(a) has served as a legislator for periods amounting

in the aggregate to not less than five years; and
(b) has ceased to be a legislator; and
(c) either—
(i) has attained the age of fifty-five years; or
(ii) not having attained the age of fifty-five

years, has produced medical evidence to
the satisfaction of the appropriate
Minister, that he is incapable by reason of
infirmity of mind or body of discharging
the duties of a legislator and that such
infirmity is likely to be permanent.

(1A) (Deleted by Act No. 2 of 2013).
(2) In determining for the purposes of this Act the length
of Service of any person as a legislator there shall be taken into
account—
(a) any former legislative service although no

contributions in respect thereof is payable under
this Act; and

(b) any service as a Head of Mission.
(3) For the purpose of this section—
(a) a person does not cease to be a legislator by

reason only of the dissolution of Parliament;
(b) a person who immediately before the

dissolution of Parliament was a member of the
House of Representatives shall cease to be a
member of that House if he is not elected as a

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Ch. 2:51.

Rate of retiring
allowance.
[44 of 1976
17 of 2007
21 of 2007
*4 of 2008
†2 of 2012
2 of 2013].

member thereof at the general election next
following the dissolution, and if he so ceases
shall be deemed to have ceased to be a legislator
from the date of the dissolution aforesaid;

(c) a person who holds a specified legislative office
shall cease to be a legislator from the date on
which he ceases to hold such office whether he
is an elected member or not.

(4) No retiring allowance may be paid under this Act to
any person who is in receipt of or is entitled to receive a Prime
Minister’s Pension under the Prime Minister’s Pensions Act.
(5) Where a person ceases to be a legislator but is not
eligible for a retiring allowance under this Act because of
subsection (1)(c)(i), then, notwithstanding subsection (1), the
retiring allowance for which he would have been eligible at the
date when he ceased to be a legislator shall be paid to him with
effect from the date on which he attains the age specified in
subsection (1)(c)(i), if at that date he is not otherwise disqualified
for the payment of a retiring allowance under this Act.

6. (1) The retiring allowance payable to any person shall—
(a) in the case of a person who has served as a

legislator for periods amounting in the aggregate
to not less than five years, be at an annual rate
equal to one-sixth of one year’s salary of that
person or a monthly pension in the sum of three
thousand dollars, whichever is the greater;

(b) in the case of a person who has served as a
legislator for two consecutive full parliamentary
terms extending over a period of not less than nine
years or for periods amounting in the aggregate to
not less than ten years, be at an annual rate equal
to one-third of one year’s salary of that person or
a monthly pension in the sum of three thousand
dollars, whichever is the greater;

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* The amendment effected to section 6 by Act No. 4 of 2008 took effect on 21st November 1996.
† The amendment effected to section 6 by Act No. 2 of 2012 took effect from 1st October 2011.

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Ch. 17:04.

(c) in the case of a person who has served as a
legislator for three full parliamentary terms
extending over a period of not less than thirteen
and a half years or for periods amounting in the
aggregate to not less than fifteen years, be at an
annual rate equal to one-half of one year’s salary
of that person or a monthly pension in the sum of
three thousand dollars, whichever is the greater;

(d) in the case of a person who has served as a
legislator for four full parliamentary terms
extending over a period of not less than eighteen
years or for periods amounting in the aggregate
to not less than twenty years, be at an annual
rate equal to two-thirds of one year’s salary of
that person or a monthly pension in the sum of
three thousand dollars, whichever is the greater.

(1A) (Deleted by Act No. 2 of 2013).
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), “one year’s
salary” means the highest annual rate of basic salary payable at
any time to any person as a legislator.
(3) Where service as a Head of Mission is taken
into account in determining the length of service of a
person as a legislator—
(a) the retiring allowance payable to him under

subsection (1) shall not be less than he would
have received had the retiring allowance payable
to him in respect of his service as a Head of
Mission been calculated under the Retiring
Allowances (Diplomatic Service) Act, but subject
nevertheless to the maximum retiring allowances
payable under subsection (1)(d);

(b) any entitlement to a retiring allowance under the
Retiring Allowances (Diplomatic Service) Act
shall be extinguished.

(4) The retiring allowance payable to any person under
this section—
(a) shall be paid with effect from the date on which

that person becomes entitled thereto pursuant to

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Cessation of
retiring
allowance if
person in
receipt thereof
again becomes
a legislator.
[44 of 1976].

Ch. 17:04.

Gratuity.
[17 of 2007
21 of 2007
4 of 2008].

section 5 and, subject to the provisions of this
Act, shall continue to be paid during the lifetime
of that person; and

(b) shall be paid monthly in arrears in equal
instalments.

7. (1) A retiring allowance payable under this Act shall, if
the person in receipt thereof becomes a Head of Mission or again
becomes a legislator, cease to be payable during the period in
which that person is in receipt of salary as a Head of Mission or
a legislator; but where the rate of such retiring allowance exceeds
the rate of such salary, nothing in this subsection shall prevent the
payment of retiring allowance to the extent of such excess.
(2) At the expiration of the period referred to in
subsection (1)—
(a) during which a person has service as a Head of

Mission, the rate of retiring allowance shall be
recalculated in accordance with section 8 of the
Retiring Allowances (Diplomatic Service)
Act; and

(b) during which a person has further service as a
legislator the rate of retiring allowance shall be
recalculated in accordance with section 6.

(3) A retiring allowance recalculated in accordance with
subsection (2)(b) shall be paid at the recalculated rate with effect
from the date of cessation of the period of service as a legislator
which gave rise to the recalculation.

*8. (1) Where a person—
(a) ceases to be a legislator but is not eligible for a

retiring allowance under this Act because of
section 5(1)(c);

(b) ceases to be a legislator but is not eligible for a
retiring allowance under this Act; or

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Surviving
spouse’s
allowance.
[44 of 1976
17 of 2007
21 of 2007
4 of 2008
2 of 2013].

(c) ceases to be a legislator and is eligible for a
retiring allowance under this Act,

he shall be paid a gratuity equal to one-fifth of the total salary
received during his period of service as a legislator, except that in
the case of a legislator to whom paragraph (a) or (c) refers, the
gratuity shall not exceed three years’ salary at the highest annual
rate of salary payable at any time to such person as a legislator.
(1A) Subsection (1) is effective, in relation to a person
serving as a legislator, from 17th October 2002 or thereafter.
(2) Where a person dies while he is a legislator, any
gratuity for which he may be eligible under subsection (1) shall
be paid to his legal personal representative.
*9. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where a person
who—
(a) is entitled to a retiring allowance; or
(b) has served as a legislator for periods amounting

in the aggregate to not less than five years and
dies during the course of duty,

leaving a surviving spouse, there shall be paid to the surviving
spouse during that person’s lifetime and while unmarried, an
allowance at an annual rate equivalent to one-half of the retiring
allowance which—
(i) he would have been entitled to under

paragraph (a); or
(ii) in the case of a person mentioned in

paragraph (b), would have been payable
to him with effect from the date of his
death if he had not died but had satisfied
the requirements of section 5 for the
award of a retiring allowance and had
been awarded a retiring allowance
computed in accord ance with section 6.

(1A) (Deleted by Act No. 2 of 2013).

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(2) A surviving spouse’s allowance under this section—
(a) shall be paid monthly in arrears in equal

instalments as far as possible;
(b) shall, subject to subsection (3), if the surviving

spouse is in receipt of a retiring allowance by
virtue of having been herself a contributor under
this Act or the Retiring Allowances (Diplomatic
Service) Act, cease to be payable;

(c) shall, subject to subsection (3), if the surviving
spouse is in receipt of salary as a legislator or
Head of Mission, cease to be payable during the
period in which the surviving spouse is in
receipt of such salary.

(3) Where the rate of surviving spouse’s allowance
exceeds the rate of retiring allowance or the rate of salary, as the
case may be, nothing in subsection (2)(b) shall prevent the payment
of the surviving spouse’s allowance to the extent of such excess.
(4) Where a person who is serving as a legislator dies
before he has served the required minimum period as a legislator
to permit his surviving spouse to qualify for a surviving spouse’s
allowance under subsection (1), there shall be paid to the
surviving spouse a gratuity equal to the amount to which the
legislator would have been entitled to under section 8.
(5) Where in any written law reference is made to
“widow’s allowance” in relation to this Act, such reference shall
be read as a reference to “surviving spouse’s allowance”.

9A. (Deleted by Act No. 2 of 2013).

*10. (1) Subject to this Act, where a person who comes within
section 9(1)(a) or (b) (hereinafter in this section referred to as
the “deceased legislator”) dies leaving one or more children, a
children’s allowance shall be payable in respect of such child or
children while under the age of twenty-one years.

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Ch. 17:04.

Children’s
allowance.
[17 of 2007
4 of 2008].

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(2) Only one children’s allowance is payable in respect
of the service of any one person as a legislator, but—
(a) the rate thereof may vary according to the

number of children entitled thereto, and the
aggregate rate of pension payable shall not
exceed the rate specified in subsection (3)(a) or
subsection (4)(a), as the case may be;

(b) it shall be paid to such person or persons as the
appropriate Minister may from time to time
direct, and different parts thereof may be
directed to be paid to different persons;

(c) the person to whom all or any part thereof is
paid shall apply the sum paid to him without
distinction for the benefit of all the children for
the time being entitled thereto or for the benefit
of such of them as the appropriate Minister may
from time to time direct;

(d) the allowance shall be paid monthly in arrears in
equal instalments as far as possible.

(3) Where the deceased legislator leaves a surviving
spouse, the annual rate of the children’s allowance during her
lifetime shall be—
(a) one-third of the rate of the retiring allowance

where there are two or more children entitled to
the children’s allowance; and

(b) one-sixth of the rate of the retiring allowance
where there is only one child entitled to the
children’s allowance.

(4) Where the deceased legislator leaves no surviving
spouse, or where he leaves a surviving spouse, then, after her
death, or after any allowance payable to her ceases to be paid
before her death, the annual rate of the children’s allowance
shall be—
(a) one-half of the rate of the retiring allowance

where there are two or more children entitled to
the children’s allowance;

(b) one-quarter of the rate of the retiring allowance
where there is only one child entitled to the
children’s allowance.

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(5) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a female child who
marries while under the age of twenty-one years shall cease to be
entitled to a children’s allowance.
(6) For the purposes of this section the expression
“child” includes—
(a) a posthumous child;
(b) an adopted child, adopted in a manner

recognised by law, and in the case of a person
referred to in section 9(1)(a) before such person
last ceased to be a legislator.

11. (1) In this section—
“award” does not include an amount payable under section 8;
“former legislator” means a person who not being a legislator at

the commencement of this Act has former legislative service
in respect of which, were he a legislator under the Act, he
would be eligible for a retiring allowance;

“special contribution” means an amount calculated at the rate of six
per cent of the total salary paid to a former legislator in respect
of all periods of his former legislative service.

(2) A former legislator may, notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Act, by notice in writing to the
Minister of Finance within twelve months after the
commencement of this Act or such longer period as the Minister
of Finance may in any case allow, elect to make a special
contribution under this section for the purpose of qualifying for a
retiring allowance under this Act.
(3) If a former legislator entitled to make an election
under this section omits to make the election within the time
specified in subsection (2), he shall be deemed to have elected
not to make a special contribution.
(4) A former legislator shall not be eligible for a retiring
allowance unless he has paid the special contribution referred to
in subsection (2) in a lump sum to the Comptroller of Accounts
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Retiring
allowance to
former
legislators on
payment of
special
contribution.

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Awards to be
charged on the
Consolidated
Fund.
Awards not to
be assignable.

Power to make
Regulations.

legislative service of the former legislator shall be deemed to be
service as a legislator for the purposes of determining the award
payable in respect of such former legislative service.
(5) The provisions of section 5(1) and (5), section 6,
section 7, section 9(1)(a), (2) and (3) and section 10 apply in
respect of a former legislator who, by virtue of this section, is
eligible for a retiring allowance, but in applying section 10(1),
section 10(1) shall be construed as if there were no reference
therein to section 9(1)(b).

12. All awards payable under this Act shall be a charge on
the Consolidated Fund.

13. Any award payable under this Act shall not be assignable
or transferable except for the purpose of satisfying—
(a) a debt to the State; or
(b) an order of any Court for the payment of periodical

sums of money towards the maintenance of the
wife, former wife or child, being a minor, of the
person to whom the award is payable,

and shall not be liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon
for or in respect of any debt or claim whatever except a debt due
to the State or any sum recoverable pursuant to any such order of
a Court aforesaid.

14. (1) The Minister of Finance may make Regulations—
(a) prescribing, in the case of an allowance payable

under this Act, the days on which the payments
of allowance shall be made;

(b) prescribing, where a recipient of an allowance
under this Act is incapable of managing his
affairs, that the allowance may be paid to
another person on his behalf;

(c) prescribing anything which may be required by
this Act to be prescribed including any forms he
considers necessary for the administration of
this Act;

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Section 2. SCHEDULE

SPECIFIED LEGISLATIVE OFFICES

Minister.
Member of the Executive Council.
Member of the Legislative Council.
President of the Senate.
Parliamentary Secretary.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Deputy Speaker.
Leader of the Opposition.

(d) prescribing the manner in which, and the person
by whom, accounts of contributions and awards
under this Act shall be kept and recorded; and

(e) for any other purposes, whether similar to the
above or not, considered necessary to give
effect to this Act.

(2) All Regulations made under this section shall be
subject to affirmative resolution of Parliament.

15. (1) Contributions shall, in accordance with section 4, be
paid by every person to whom section 3(1) applies in respect of
the period beginning on 1st January 1969 and ending on the last
day of the last month in respect of which salary was paid to such
without deduction of any contributions under section 4(1)(c).
(2) Contributions payable under this section may, at the
option of the contributor, be payable either in a lump sum or by
deductions made monthly from his salary over a period not
exceeding one year.

Payment of
contributions
for period
between 1st
January 1969
and passing of
this Act.

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

RETIRING ALLOWANCES
(LEGISLATIVE SERVICE) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION
1. Citation.
2. Interpretation.
3. Contributions.
4. Keeping and recording of accounts.
5. Awards.
6. Date of payment.
7. Allowance may be collected by nominee.
8. Life Certificate.

SCHEDULE.

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[Subsidiary]

234/1971.

Citation.

Interpretation.

Contributions.

Keeping and
recording of
accounts.

Awards.

Date of
payment.

Allowance may
be collected by
nominee.
Form 1.
Schedule.

Life Certificate.

Forms 2 and 3.
Schedule.

RETIRING ALLOWANCES
(LEGISLATIVE SERVICE) REGULATIONS

made under section 14
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Retiring
Allowances (Legislative Service) Regulations.

PRELIMINARY
2. In these Regulations—
“allowance” means retiring allowance awarded under section 5

of the Act and includes a surviving spouse’s allowance and
a children’s allowance under sections 9 and 10 of the Act
respectively;

“Minister” means the member of the Cabinet to whom
responsibility for Finance is assigned.

3. Separate ledger accounts shall be kept in the name of each
contributor for recording contributions and special contributions.
4. The Minister may designate a person or persons to be
responsible for the keeping and recording of accounts of
contributions, special contributions and awards.
5. A record of awards made to each legislator shall be kept
and allowances paid monthly to the recipient.
6. Payment of allowances shall be made on the last full
working day of the month.
7. The recipient of an allowance may, if incapacitated,
authorise another person in writing in the form set out as Form 1
in the Schedule to receive the allowance on his behalf.
8. The Life Certificate in respect of—
(a) retiring allowance and children’s allowance; and
(b) surviving spouse’s allowance,
of a former legislator shall be in the form set out as Forms 2 and 3
respectively, in the Schedule.

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Regulation 7.

* To be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Commissioner of Oaths, Minister
of Religion, Medical Practitioner, Superintendent of Police, Non-Commissioned Officer,
Head or Deputy Head of Department, or Clerk of the Peace, a Manager of a Bank or Branch
Bank.

Persons resident in a Foreign Country to be attested by a Trinidad and Tobago Consular
Officer.

......................................................
Signature of

Person Authorising Agent

......................................................
Signature of Witness

......................................................
Signature of

Authorised Agent

......................................................
Signature of Witness

......................................................
Name (in Block Letters) of
Person Authorising Agent

......................................................
Name, Occupation, Address of
Witness (in Block Letters)*

......................................................
Name (in Block Letters) of

Authorised Agent

......................................................
Name, Occupation, Address of
Witness (in Block Letters)*

SCHEDULE
FORM 1

FORM OF AUTHORISATION
For use by persons other than Civil Servants

50c. Stamp to be The Treasury,
affixed here Trinidad

........................... 20 ...........

The

You are hereby notified that, until further notice M ..................................
whose signature is affixed hereto, is authorised to receive all moneys due and
owing to me or my firm and to give effectual receipts for same.

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CERTIFICATE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that M .............................................................................,
whose signature is affixed above, is living, and to the best of my knowledge
and belief is the person entitled to the payment.
To be signed by a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public,
Commissioner for Oaths, Minister of Religion, Medical
Practitioner or by a Superintendent of Police, Non-
Commissioned Officer, Head or Deputy Head of
Department, or Clerk of the Peace before being presented
for payment or by a Manager of a Bank or Branch Bank
when presenting for payment.

Address ..............................................................................
Qualification .................................... Date.........................

*Delete which is not applicable.

............................

Regulation 8.

This form must
be left one day
for examination
if presented
through a Bank.

This allowance
cannot be
assigned as a
security for a
loan of money.

Pensioners
resident in a
Commonwealth
territory.

Pensioners
resident in a
foreign
country to be
attested by a
Trinidad and
Tobago
Consular
Officer.

Full sum
$ .................................

$ .................................

$ .................................

$ .................................

*(a) a former Legislator; or

*(b) children’s allowance in respect of
former Legislator ..........................

for the period ended ...............................

.................................... 20 ......................
Net Sum Payable

................................................................
Signature of former Legislator

................................................................
Signature of Child of former Legislator

FORM 2
LIFE CERTIFICATE

Date ..................................

RETIRING ALLOWANCE/CHILDREN’ S ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO
FORMER LEGISLATORS OR THEIR CHILDREN

Claim in respect of retiring allowance as—

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CERTIFICATE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that M ................................................................... whose
signature is affixed above, is living, and to the best of my knowledge and
belief is the person entitled to the payment.
To be signed by a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public,
Commissioner for Oaths, Minister of Religion, Medical
Practitioner or by a Superintendent of Police, Non-
Commissioned Officer, or Clerk of the Peace before being
passed for payment or by a Manager of a Bank or Branch
Bank when passing on for payment.
To be attested by a Trinidad and Tobago Consular Officer
............................................................................................................................

Address .............................................................................
Qualifications ....................................................................
Date ...................................................................................

............................

Regulation 8.

This form must
be left one hour
for examination
if presented in
person and one
day if presented
through a Bank.

This allowance
cannot be
assigned as a
security for a
loan of money.

If presented in
person this form
must be signed
in the presence
of the Paying
Cashier.

Surviving
spouse resident
in a
Commonwealth
territory.

Surviving
spouse resident
in a foreign
country.

Signature and date
(across a ten cents
stamp when the
payment amounts to
$5.00 and upwards).

Claim in respect of surviving
spouse’s allowance payable to me as
surviving spouse of the late
....................................................... for

the period ended .................................
Net sum payable
Examined .......................................


I solemnly declare that during this
period I have not remarried.

Accountant .........................................

$ .....................

$ .....................
$ .....................

Full sum

...........................

...........................

FORM 3

LIFE CERTIFICATE
Date .......................................

SURVIVING SPOUSE’ S ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO THE SURVIVING
SPOUSE OF A FORMER LEGISLATOR

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