Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

14.   Gratuity on death in office

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   (1)   Subject to subsection (3), where a person dies while holding office as a judicial officer and is not, at the date of death, eligible for a pension or gratuity, there shall, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice to the Commission, be paid to his or her spouse a gratuity equal to one year's pensionable emoluments.

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   (2)   Subject to subsection (3), where a person dies while holding office as a judicial officer and is, at the date of death, eligible for a pension, there shall, on certification by the Chief Justice, be paid to his or her spouse a gratuity of an amount equal to fifteen times one-quarter of the pension and two-thirds of the reduced pension in accordance with section 9 to which the judicial officer would have been entitled if he or she had retired at the date of death.

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   (3)   Where a person referred to under subsection (1) or (2) dies without leaving a spouse, the gratuity payable under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, must be paid to his or her estate.

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   (4)   For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible for a pension at the date of his or her death if he or she would have qualified for a pension if he or she had retired on the date of death.