R-12.1 - Act respecting the Pension Plan of Management Personnel

Section 63 Disposition versions

2022-06-08

63. The employee who applies for a pension or the pensioner may elect to reduce their pension by 2% for its duration to enable their spouse to receive a pension equal to 60% of the reduced pension to which the employee will be entitled or the pensioner is entitled, instead of the pension provided for in section 62. An employee who is entitled to a deferred pension may also make such an election within 90 days preceding the date of the employee’s 65th birthday.

A person who ceased to participate in the plan while eligible for a pension and who applies for a pension may also elect to reduce the pension as provided for in the first paragraph.

Any such election is irrevocable once the first pension payment computed according to the pension amount confirmed by Retraite Québec has been received, even if no spouse is entitled to a pension.

2001, c. 31, s. 63; 2015, c. 27, s. 35; 2015, c. 20, s. 61; 2022, c. 22, s. 288.

2016-01-01

63. The employee who applies for a pension or the pensioner may elect to reduce his or her pension by 2% for its duration to enable his or her spouse to receive a pension equal to 60% of the reduced pension to which the employee will be entitled or the pensioner is entitled, instead of the pension provided for in section 62. An employee who is entitled to a deferred pension may also make such an election within 90 days preceding the date of the employee’s 65th birthday.

A person who ceased to participate in the plan while eligible for a pension and who applies for a pension may also elect to reduce the pension as provided for in the first paragraph.

Any such election is irrevocable once the first pension payment computed according to the pension amount confirmed by Retraite Québec has been received, even if no spouse is entitled to a pension.

2001, c. 31, s. 63; 2015, c. 27, s. 35; 2015, c. 20, s. 61.

2015-11-20

63. The employee who applies for a pension or the pensioner may elect to reduce his or her pension by 2% for its duration to enable his or her spouse to receive a pension equal to 60% of the reduced pension to which the employee will be entitled or the pensioner is entitled, instead of the pension provided for in section 62. An employee who is entitled to a deferred pension may also make such an election within 90 days preceding the date of the employee’s 65th birthday.

A person who ceased to participate in the plan while eligible for a pension and who applies for a pension may also elect to reduce the pension as provided for in the first paragraph.

Any such election is irrevocable once the first pension payment computed according to the pension amount confirmed by the Commission has been received, even if no spouse is entitled to a pension.

2001, c. 31, s. 63; 2015, c. 27, s. 35.

2001-06-21

63. The employee may, when the employee applies for a pension, elect to reduce his or her pension by 2% for its duration to enable his or her spouse to receive a pension equal to 60% of the reduced pension to which the employee is entitled, instead of the pension provided for in section 62. An employee who is entitled to a deferred pension may also make such an election within 90 days preceding the date of the employee’s 65th birthday.

Any such election is irrevocable once payment of the employee’s pension has begun, even where there is no spouse entitled to a pension.

2001, c. 31, s. 63.