Gratuity for female officer

(1) Where a female officer retires or opts to retire for the reason that she is about to marry or has married, and she is not eligible for the grant of any pension or otherwise eligible for gratuity under this Part, she may be granted in respect of her service under the Council, a gratuity of an amount not exceeding five times the annual amount of the pension for which she would have been eligible had there been no (2) For the purpose of computing the amount of gratuity under sub-section (1)– (a) the reference to two-thirds of her highest pensionable emoluments shall have effect as if the reference were a reference to one-fifth of her annual pensionable emoluments; (b) the annual amount of that pension shall not exceed one-fifth of her annual pensionable