Pensions, etc., may cease on imprisonment

(1) Where any person to whom a pension or other allowance has been granted under this Act is sentenced to death or to a term of imprisonment by any competent court for any offence, such pension or allowance shall, if the Governor- General so directs, cease as from such date as he determines. (2) Where any officer is sentenced to death or to a term of imprisonment by any competent court for any offence after retirement in circumstances in which he is eligible for pension, gratuity or other allowance under this Act but before the pension, gratuity or other allowance is granted, then, (a) subsection (1) of this section, shall apply as respects any pension or other allowance which may be granted to him; and (b) the Governor-General may direct that any gratuity which may be granted to him shall not be paid. (3) Where a pension or other allowance ceases or a gratuity is not paid by reason of this section, it shall be lawful for the Governor-General to direct all or any part of the moneys to which such person would have been entitled by way of pension, gratuity or other allowance, but for the provisions of this section, to be paid or applied in the same manner in all respects as provided in section 13 this Act, of and such moneys shall be paid or applied accordingly. (4) Where any person whose pension or other allowance ceases or whose gratuity is not paid by reason of this section after conviction at any time receives a free pardon, the pension or allowance shall be restored with retrospective effect or his gratuity shall be paid, but in determining whether arrears of such pension or allowance are payable to such person and in computing the amount thereof and the amount of any gratuity, account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under subsection (3) of this section. (5) Where any pension or other allowance ceases or a gratuity is not paid by reason of this section it shall be lawful for the Governor-General at any time and upon such terms and from such date (including any past date) as he thinks fit to restore either in whole or in part, such pension or allowance or to direct the payment of such gratuity or any part thereof, but in determining whether arrears of such pension or allowance are payable and in computing the amount thereof and the amount of any gratuity, account shall be taken of all moneys paid or applied under subsection (3) of this section.