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Section 13
The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1958

Section 13. Pension payable to Judges

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a pension shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of Part I of the Schedule to a Judge of the Supreme Court on his retirement if, but only if,―

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(b) he has attained the age of sixty-five years; or

(c) his retirement is medically certified to be necessitated by ill-health.

2 [Explanation.―In this section, "Judge" means a Judge who has not held any other pensionable post under the Union or a State and includes a person who was in service as a Judge on the 20th May, 1954, and also includes a Judge having held any other pensionable post under the Union or a State, who has elected to receive the pension payable under Part I of the Schedule.]

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.

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