¹[8A. (1) Subject to any order of the President as to the amount of compensation pension or gratuity to be paid, a member compulsorily retired under sub-clause (c) of clause (1) of Article 11 of the Bangladesh Rifles Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 148 of 1972), whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, or under clause (d) of section 5 or prematurely retired under section 8 shall, except as hereinafter provided, be entitled to such compensation pension or gratuity or provident fund benefits as would have been admissible to him on the date of the retirement under the Rules applicable to his service or post if he had been discharged from service on account of the abolition of his post without alternative suitable employment being provided: Provided that where the compulsory retirement follows a period of suspension ordered under clause (2) of Article 11 of the Bangladesh Rifles Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 148 of 1972), such compensation pension or gratuity or provident fund benefits shall be admissible only for the period of service rendered excluding the period of suspension. (2) A member who is compulsorily or prematurely retired from service shall not be entitled to any leave preparatory to retirement. ]