Pension concept as periodical retirement benefit excluding return of contributions, voluntary additions, and statutory compensation.

Pension denotes a periodical payment or lump sum under a scheme to provide retirement benefits, intended to assist a recipient's daily needs and presupposing the pensioner's continued life. It excludes payments that are merely a return of the employee's own contributions, amounts attributable solely to additional voluntary contributions, and payments representing statutory compensation under statutory schemes.

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