246.12. The pension of a judge shall be for life and is payable from the day on which the judge retires.
The pension of a judge who dies after retirement shall continue to be paid to the judge’s spouse, or if he or she leaves no married or civil union spouse, to his or her heirs until the first day of the month following the death of the judge.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 100; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 16; 1982, c. 17, s. 76; 1987, c. 50, s. 5; 1988, c. 21, s. 30; 1988, c. 21, s. 31, s. 35; 1990, c. 44, s. 20; 2002, c. 6, s. 223.