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R-10 - Act respecting the Government and Public Employees Retirement Plan

Section 77
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77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982 but prior to 1 January 2000, by the excess of the rate of the increase of the Pension Index over 3%;
(3)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 31 December 1999, by the formula provided for in subparagraph 2 of this paragraph or by one-half of the rate of increase of the Pension Index, according to the formula which is the most advantageous.
Where the number of years of service credited exceeds the number of years of service used in computing the pension, subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first paragraph are applied in the order which is the most advantageous for the pensioner.
The deferred annuity is, at the same time, indexed annually at the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act from 1 January following the date on which the employee ceased to be a member of the plan to 1 January of the year in which the employee reached 65 years of age. From 1 January following the date on which the employee reached 65 years of age, the deferred annuity is indexed in the manner set out in the first paragraph.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1990, c. 87, s. 51; 1991, c. 77, s. 48; 2000, c. 32, s. 16; 2010, c. 29, s. 10; 2022, c. 22, s. 288.
77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982 but prior to 1 January 2000, by the excess of the rate of the increase of the Pension Index over 3%;
(3)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 31 December 1999, by the formula provided for in subparagraph 2 of this paragraph or by one-half of the rate of increase of the Pension Index, according to the formula which is the most advantageous.
Where the number of years of service credited exceeds the number of years of service used in computing the pension, subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first paragraph are applied in the order which is the most advantageous for the pensioner.
The deferred annuity is, at the same time, indexed annually at the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act from 1 January following the date on which the employee ceased to be a member of the plan to 1 January of the year in which he reached 65 years of age. From 1 January following the date on which he reached 65 years of age, the deferred annuity is indexed in the manner set out in the first paragraph.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1990, c. 87, s. 51; 1991, c. 77, s. 48; 2000, c. 32, s. 16; 2010, c. 29, s. 10.
77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982 but prior to 1 January 2000, by the excess of the rate of the increase of the Pension Index over 3%;
(3)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 31 December 1999, by the formula provided for in subparagraph 2 of this paragraph or by one-half of the rate of increase of the Pension Index, according to the formula which is the most advantageous.
Where the number of years of service credited exceeds 35 years, subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first paragraph are applied in the order which is the most advantageous for the pensioner.
The deferred annuity is, at the same time, indexed annually at the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act from 1 January following the date on which the employee ceased to be a member of the plan to 1 January of the year in which he reached 65 years of age. From 1 January following the date on which he reached 65 years of age, the deferred annuity is indexed in the manner set out in the first paragraph.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1990, c. 87, s. 51; 1991, c. 77, s. 48; 2000, c. 32, s. 16.
77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982, by the excess of that rate over 3 %.
The deferred annuity is, at the same time, indexed annually at the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act from 1 January following the date on which the employee ceased to be a member of the plan to 1 January of the year in which he reached 65 years of age. From 1 January following the date on which he reached 65 years of age, the deferred annuity is indexed in the manner set out in the first paragraph.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1990, c. 87, s. 51; 1991, c. 77, s. 48.
77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982, to the extent only that this service is necessary in order to attain the maximum of 35 years of service, by the excess of that rate over 3 %.
The deferred annuity is, at the same time, indexed annually at the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act from 1 January following the date on which the employee ceased to be a member of the plan to 1 January of the year in which he reached 65 years of age. From 1 January following the date on which he reached 65 years of age, the deferred annuity is indexed in the manner set out in the first paragraph.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1; 1990, c. 87, s. 51.
77. Every pension, except a pension paid under section 80, is indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982, to the extent only that this service is necessary in order to attain the maximum of 35 years of service, by the excess of that rate over 3%.
Deferred annuities are indexed in the same manner. Indexing applies, in that case, only from 1 January following the date of the person’s sixty-fifth birthday.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25; 1983, c. 24, s. 1.
77. The annual pension must be indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the rate of increase of the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982, to the extent only that this service is necessary in order to attain the maximum of 35 years of service, by the excess of that rate over 3%.
Deferred annuities are indexed in the same manner. Indexing applies, in that case, only from 1 January following the date of the person’s sixty-fifth birthday.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8; 1982, c. 51, s. 25.
77. The annual pension must be indexed annually, at the time prescribed under section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9),
(1)  for that part attributable to service prior to 1 July 1982, by the Pension Index determined by the said Act;
(2)  for that part attributable to service subsequent to 30 June 1982, to the extent only that this service is necessary in order to attain the maximum of 35 years of service, by the excess of that index over 3%.
Deferred annuities must be indexed in the same manner. Indexing applies, in that case, only from 1 January following the date on which payment of the pension begins.
1973, c. 12, s. 68; 1982, c. 33, s. 8.
77. The amount of every annual pension shall be adjusted annually by indexing in the manner and at the time prescribed in accordance with section 119 of the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9) for the adjustment of the benefits payable under the said act, so that the amount payable for a month in any year following the first is equal to the product obtained by multiplying the amount that would otherwise have been payable for that month by the ratio that the Pension Index for that following year bears to the Pension Index for the year preceding that following year.
Deferred annuities shall be adjusted by indexing in the manner provided in the preceding paragraph. Such adjustment shall be applied however only from January 1 of the year following the sixty-fifth birthday of the pensioner.
1973, c. 12, s. 68.
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