68.-(1) Teachers on the Permanent Staff Register who although not of the prescribed age for retirement at the coming into operation of this Law cannot by reason of age complete, before attaining the prescribed age for retirement, the prescribed length of service to entitle them to a gratuity may be recommended by the Director to the Governor to receive a benevolent grant according to the merits of each case.
(2) Any female teacher on the Permanent Staff Register who, before completing ten years service to entitle her to a gratuity as in section 67(2) of this Law provided, is required or permitted by the Governor to retire on becoming married or at any time thereafter, may on the recommendation of the Director receive a benevolent grant according to the merits of her case.
(3) Teachers whose names are removed from the Permanent Staff Register in consequence of the abolition of their post may be recommended by the Director to the Governor to receive a benevolent grant according to the merits of each case.
(4) When a teacher dies while in the service, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Director, make to his dependants a benevolent grant of an amount not exceeding one year’s salary according to the merits of each case to be distributed to them in such proportion as the Director, having regard to all circumstances, may deem fit.
For the purposes of this subsection,
the term “dependants” means such of the members of the family of a teacher as were wholly or in part dependent upon the earnings of the teacher at the time of his death.