12(1)In this section “average salary” means the average annual salary received by a minister during the period of three successive years during which his salary was highest, or, in the case of a minister having less than three years pensionable service as a minister, the average annual salary received by him as a minister.

12(2)A member who is receiving or entitled to receive an annual pension under section 11 and has to his credit at least six months pensionable service as a minister is entitled, in addition to that annual pension, to a minister’s pension equal to three per cent of his average salary multiplied by the number of years of pensionable service to his credit as a minister.

12(1)In this section “average salary” means the average annual salary received by a minister during the period of three successive years during which his salary was highest, or, in the case of a minister having less than three years pensionable service as a minister, the average annual salary received by him as a minister.

12(2)A member who is receiving or entitled to receive an annual pension under section 11 and has to his credit at least six months pensionable service as a minister is entitled, in addition to that annual pension, to a minister’s pension equal to three per cent of his average salary multiplied by the number of years of pensionable service to his credit as a minister.