Section 140Part 9 — Special Constabulary
Illness, injury or death
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140. (1) If a special constable is temporarily incapacitated by reason of any wound or injury received or sickness contracted by that special constable in the performance of any duty or training by that special constable under this Act and the wound or injury is received or the sickness is contracted in the actual discharge of that special constable’s duty as a special constable and without the special constable’s own default, the special constable shall be eligible to receive such free medical treatment and such pay or allowances as the Governor may approve.
If a special constable receives any permanent disablement attributable to any wound or injury received or sickness contracted by that special constable in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1), the Governor, in the Governor’s discretion, may, out of funds made available by the Cayman Islands Parliament, award to that special constable a gratuity as the Governor considers just.
If a special constable is killed or dies as a result of any wound or injury received or sickness contracted by that special constable in the circumstances referred to in subsection (1), the Governor, in the Governor’s discretion, may allocate from any fund available for that purpose, a grant to the dependants of that special constable of an allowance as the Governor considers just.
An award shall not be made to a special constable or to a dependant of a special constable under subsection (2) or (3) if that special constable or that dependant is eligible to receive a gratuity, pension or other allowance in respect of the same disablement or death under the Public Service Pensions Act (2021 Revision).
A special constable shall not, in respect of that special constable’s appointment as such, be regarded as a workman for the purpose of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (1996 Revision). Police Act (2021 Revision) Section 141 c Revised as at 31st December, 2020 Page 89
A gratuity, allowance or any compensation paid under this section shall not be assignable or transferable nor liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon except for the purpose of satisfying —
a debt due to the Crown; or
an order of any court for the payment of periodical sums of money towards the maintenance of the spouse or civil partner or former spouse or civil partner or minor child of the person to whom the gratuity or other allowance has been granted.