Marginal note:Grant of annuities
42 (1) The Governor in Council shall grant to
(a) a judge who has continued in judicial office for at least fifteen years, whose combined age and number of years in judicial office is not less than eighty and who resigns from office,
(b) a judge who has continued in judicial office for at least fifteen years and resigns his office, if in the opinion of the Governor in Council the resignation is conducive to the better administration of justice or is in the national interest,
(c) a judge who has become afflicted with a permanent infirmity disabling him from the due execution of the office of judge and resigns his office or by reason of that infirmity is removed from office,
(d) a judge who has attained the age of retirement and has held judicial office for at least ten years, or
(e) a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada who has continued in judicial office on that Court for at least ten years, has attained the age of sixty-five years and resigns from office,
an annuity equal to two-thirds of the salary annexed to the office held by the judge at the time of his resignation, removal or attaining the age of retirement, as the case may be.
Marginal note:Prorated annuity
(2) Where a judge who has attained the age of retirement has held judicial office for less than ten years, the Governor in Council shall grant to that judge an annuity that bears the same ratio to the annuity described in subsection (1) as the number of years the judge has held judicial office, to the nearest one-tenth of a year, bears to ten years.
Marginal note:Duration of annuities
(3) An annuity granted to a judge under this section shall commence on the day of his resignation, removal or attaining the age of retirement and shall continue during the life of the judge.
Definition of judicial office
(4) In this section, judicial office means the office of a judge of a superior or county court or of the Tax Court of Canada.
- R.S., 1985, c. J-1, s. 42
- 1998, c. 30, s. 7
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