s 13 Pension or gratuity not of right and may be reduced or withheld by President upon conviction for corruption
13.—(1) No person has an absolute right to compensation for past services or to any pension or gratuity under this Act. (2) It is lawful for the President to reduce or altogether to withhold any pension or gratuity which has been granted to a person under this Act, or for which he or she has become eligible, where the person has been convicted by any court of an offence (even if only a fine and no term of imprisonment has been imposed) —(a) under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1960; or (b) involving corruption under any other written law. (3) The President must, before exercising any power conferred on him or her by subsection (2), consider the record of the proceedings of the court.