Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act

Marginal note:Minimum benefit

12 Where, on the death of a Public Official, there is no surviving spouse to whom a pension or return of contributions under this Part may be paid, or where the surviving spouse of a Public Official who is or would be entitled to a pension under this Act dies or ceases to be entitled thereto, any amount by which the total amount of the contributions made by the Public Official under this Part, together with interest, if any, calculated pursuant to subsection 5(10), exceeds the total amount paid to the Public Official and the surviving spouse under this Act shall be paid, as a death benefit, to his estate or, if less than one thousand dollars, as the President of the Treasury Board may direct.