6. Circumstances in which pension may be granted
A pension may be granted under this Act to a judicial officer on his or her retirement from judicial service on or after he or she has served at least 5 continuous years of service as a judicial officer and in one of the following cases —
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(a) on attaining the retirement age;
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(b) on the abolition of his or her office; or
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(c) if he or she, or a person appointed by the Court to act on his or her behalf, applies to the Commission, in writing, for him or her to retire on the grounds that —
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(i) he or she is incapable by reason of any infirmity of mind or body of discharging the duties of his or her office, and
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(ii) the infirmity is likely to be permanent,
and submits with the application, medical evidence to the satisfaction of the Commission.