1967 Ed.]
Widows and Orphans Pension.
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(b) when a contributor's pension is paid by the Crown Agents, such pension (i) if a dollar pension shall, subject to the provisions of sections 12 and 13, be reduced by four per cent of its nominal dollar value, and the balance thus reduced shall be payable to him, converted into sterling at the rate of exchange at which he is entitled to receive such pension, and (ii) if a sterling pension shall be payable to him, reduced by four per cent. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
(4) In the event of such abatement not being made, every officer shall pay to the Accountant General or Crown Agents, within fifteen days after the receipt by him of his monthly salary or pension, a sum equal to four per cent thereof; and in the event of any officer being on leave without salary, he shall pay, before the 15th day of every month during the continuance of such leave, to the Accountant General or Crown Agents, a sum equal to four per cent upon the full salary which he would have received monthly if he had not been on leave. All sums due under this subsection, and all arrears of contributions due and payable under this Ordinance, shall be a debt due by the officer, and shall be payable to the Accountant General or Crown Agents, with interest at six per cent, forthwith or by such instalments as the directors may determine. The Accountant General or Crown Agents shall, on the written order of the directors or of any two of them, deduct from any moneys which may be or may become due or payable to the officer by whom such debt is payable the whole or any part thereof. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 12 of 1912, Schedule; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 33 of 1939, Schedule)
9. Except as otherwise provided or permitted in this Ordinance, the abatement aforesaid shall continue to be made until such officer has either attained the age of sixty-five years, or has been subject to the abatement for thirty-five successive years, whichever may first happen, and shall thereupon cease and determine.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 13 of 1912, Schedule, and 72 of 1967, s. 4)
9A. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance to the contrary, an officer who from any cause whatever ceases to belong to the public service and retires on pension or has ceased to belong to the public service and retired on pension may at any time, in lieu of being subject to any further abatement from either salary or pension, elect by notice in writing to the Accountant General to discontinue being a contributor under this Ordinance whereupon he shall not be required to make any further contribution and any pension to his widow or children (if any) shall be computed on the basis of the potential benefit acquired by such contributor at the date of his ceasing to contribute.
(2) An election under subsection (1) shall be irrevocable, and shall be effective-
Period for which abatement shall be made.
Right after retirement to cease contributions.
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