(40 ILCS 5/5-189) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-189)
Sec. 5-189.
To authorize payments.
To authorize the payment of any annuity, pension, or benefit granted
under this Article or under any other Act relating to police pensions,
heretofore in effect in the city which has been superseded by this Article;
to increase, reduce, or suspend any such annuity, pension, or benefit
whenever any part thereof was secured or granted or the amount thereof
fixed, as the result of misrepresentation, fraud, or error; provided, the
annuitant, pensioner or beneficiary concerned shall be notified and given
an opportunity to be heard concerning such proposed action.
The Board shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all matters
relating to or affecting the fund, including, in addition to all other
matters, all claims for annuities, pensions, benefits or refunds.
(Source: P.A. 77-2141.)
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