19. The pensionable salary of a public officer is, for pension purposes, the basic salary paid to him in the course of one calendar year, the basic salary to which such officer would have been entitled during a period of absence in respect of which salary insurance applies and, in the case of a female officer, the basic salary to which she would have been entitled if she had not taken maternity leave.
Unless included by government regulation, bonuses, allowances, compensations or other additional remuneration are not included in the basic salary.
1973, c. 12, s. 154; 1977, c. 10, s. 5; 1983, c. 24, s. 12, s. 63; 1985, c. 18, s. 39; 1988, c. 82, s. 98; 1991, c. 77, s. 84.