<p> ARMED FORCES (AMENDMENT) (NO.1) 

REGULATIONS, 2000 [CI. 28]<br /><br />C.!. 12 amended<br /><br />1.            The Armed Forces 

Regulations, 1970 (CI. 12) are amended as follows:<br /><br />          (a)     by the 

insertion after article 206. 45 of the following:<br /><br />"206. 46-Retired pay and gratuity 

for commissioned and non­commissioned officers<br /><br />An officer of a previous non-

commissioned rank appointed to a short service commission shall retire on pay and gratuity as 

applicable to a permanent regular officer, provided the total period of service is not less 

than fifteen years of which the period of continued service in the commissioned rank is ten 

years";<br /><br />         (b)     by the substitution for subparagraph (1) of article 206. 91 

of the following:<br /><br />"206. 91-Conditions relating to marriage<br /><br />To be eligible 

for pension a surviving spouse should have been married to the service personnel employee at 

the time of the employee's death"; and<br /><br />         (c)     by the insertion 

immediately after subparagraph (15) of article 206. 01 of<br /><br />the following,<br /><br 

/>"(16) "spouse" includes widow and widower wherever it appears in the Armed Forces 

Regulation."<br /><br />2. Article 206. 46 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st 

day of January, 1992.<br /><br />[Date of Gazette notification: 28th January, 1998] [Entry into 

force: 10th May, 2000] </p>