56. An officer who ceases to participate in the plan is entitled to a pension if he(1) has at least 35 years of service;
(2) has 10 or more years of service and has reached 62 years of age or, in the case of a female officer, 60 years of age or over;
(3) is totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter 1, 5th Supplement);
(4) has attained normal retirement age, namely, 65 years of age;
(5) has at least 32 years of service and has reached 55 years of age;
(6) has attained 60 years of age;
(7) by adding his age to the number of his years of service, obtains a total of 90 or more.
In the cases mentioned in subparagraphs 6 and 7 of the first paragraph, the pension of the officer is reduced for its duration by 0.5% per month, computed for each month included between the date on which the pension is granted to the officer and,(1) in the case described in subparagraph 6 of the first paragraph, the nearest date on which it would otherwise have been granted to him, at the time he ceased to participate in the plan, under subparagraph 2, 4 or 7 of the first paragraph;
(2) in the case described in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph, the date of his sixtieth birthday.
A pension is also granted to an officer who has at least 22 years of service and has reached 55 years of age or, in the case of a female officer, 50 years of age; in such a case, the pension is reduced for its duration by 0.5% a month, computed for each month included between the date on which the pension is granted to the officer and the first date on which it would otherwise have been granted to him without actuarial reduction, at the time he ceased to participate in the plan, under subparagraph 1, 2, 4, 5 or 7 of the first paragraph.
The pension to which the officer is entitled is granted to him on the date on which he retires within the meaning of section 68.
R. S. 1964, c. 14, s. 46; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 15, s. 17; 1969, c. 15, s. 18; 1973, c. 12, s. 163; 1977, c. 22, s. 23; 1982, c. 51, s. 97; 1983, c. 24, s. 26; 1987, c. 47, s. 131; 1989, c. 76, s. 6; 1990, c. 87, s. 91; 1997, c. 50, s. 82; 2000, c. 32, s. 66.