The State Council has decided on the presentation of the Ministry of Education:

ARTICLE 1

An additional pension in the form of a collection of newspapers may be granted within the limits of the amount entered in the statement of revenue and expenditure of the State in accordance with the provisions laid down in this Decision.

ARTICLE 2

The pension is awarded to a newspaper man, a Finnish citizen, in recognition of his creditable activities as a newspaper man.

When considering the award of a pension, account shall be taken of the position of the applicant and of the means of subsistence of the applicant.

No special reason shall be granted for a person younger than sixty years.

ARTICLE 3 (12.3.199/226)

The amount of the pension is 66 %, at the beginning of the year in which the pension is granted, of the sum of the basic salary and the five age brackets corresponding to the five age brackets paid by the State in the category A2.

§ 4

The pension is awarded by the Ministry of Education.

The pension is granted on an application which must be made on a form according to a formula established by the Ministry of Education.

The application for pensions shall be accompanied by:

(1) the applicant's official certificate;

(2) a statement of the applicant's activities as a journalist;

(3) a statement of the applicant's other pensions;

(4) a statement of the applicant's income and property;

(5) a medical certificate stating the state of health of the applicant, when his application refers to a disease, defect or injury; and

(6) other reports deemed necessary by the Ministry of Education.

§ 5 (12.3.199/226)

Applications for pensions are processed once a year. Applications for pensions in the municipality of Kunak are to be submitted by the end of February to the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education obtains an opinion from the Ministry of Education.

The Board of Journalists, set up by the Ministry of Education for a period of three years, shall consist of a chairman and seven other members, including his personal deputies. The members of the Board shall be represented by two representatives of the Ministry of Education, the Association of the Four Finnish Journalists-Finlands Journtförbund, one of the Editors' Association-Chefredaktörernas förening ry and one of the journals of the periodical press. Rye. The Ministry of Education shall appoint the Chairperson of the Board. The Vice-President's Board shall select from among its members.

ARTICLE 6

The pension shall be awarded no earlier than at the beginning of the year of issue.

The pension shall be carried out periodically by the State office, as provided for by the permanent pension. The pension shall be carried out for the entire month during which the event caused by the cessation of the pension has occurred.

The pensioner loses his entitlement to a pension which has not been raised within three years of its date of maturity.

§ 7

If, after its adoption, the circumstances on which the decision was based have materially changed or the application for a pension has been fraudulently declared incorrectly, or an omission relevant for the award of the pension, the Ministry of Education may take: Reconsideration, amend or withdraw its previous decision.

§ 8

More detailed provisions on the application of this Decision will be provided by the Ministry of Education as appropriate.

When there are specific reasons for this, the Ministry of Education may grant an additional pension notwithstanding the provisions of this Decision.