A Bill seeking to repeal the Parliamentary Pensions Act, No. 1 of 1977, has been gazetted.

The Gazette notification has been issued under the direction of the Minister of Justice and National Integration.

The proposed legislation is titled the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Act and provides for the complete repeal of the Parliamentary Pensions Act, No. 1 of 1977, enacted by the National State Assembly.

The Bill further states, for the avoidance of doubt, that any person who is entitled to or currently receiving a parliamentary pension under the provisions of the Parliamentary Pensions Act, No. 1 of 1977, or under Section 9 of Act No. 1 of 1982 or Section 9 of Act No. 47 of 1990, shall cease to be entitled to receive such pension from the date on which the proposed repeal Act comes into operation, and from that date onwards.