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Metropolitan Police Act 1839
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XXIIIRates of Allowance from the said Fund.
And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of State to order that any Of the said Constables maybe superannuated, and receive thereupon out of the Police; Superannuation Fund a yearly Allowance, subject to, the following Conditions, and not exceeding the following Proportions; that is to say, if he shall have served with Diligence and Fidelity for Fifteen Years, and less than Twenty Years, an annual Sum not more than Half his Pay; if for Twenty Years or upwards an annual Sum not more than Two Thirds of his Pay ; provided, that if he shall be under Sixty Years of Age it shall not be lawful to grant any such Allowance, unless upon the Certificate of the said Commissioners of Police that he is incapable, from Infirmity of Mind or Body, to discharge the Duties of his (Office; provided also, that if any Constable shall be disabled by any Wound or Injury received in the .actual Execution 6f the Duty of his Office, it shall be lawful to grant to him any Allowance not more than the whole of his Pay ; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to entitle any Constable absolutely to any Superannuation Allowance, or to prevent him from being dismissed without Superannuation Allowance.
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