Register of
trilatora.
Jiri. 16,
Tirmi Darleninen. Ibid. 16.
Subsequent
Particulars
bict 17, 29.
Negret to furajsh particular
1.
Furnishing Ini pesti-
Lark. 1. 21.
Pentatonem,
Dist. 22,
Ixptiona
bed,
ts, 33
fernt
.2
Register of Contributors. Particulars.
20. A register of contributors shall be kept by such officer as the directors may appoint for the purpose, in which shall be entered,
(1.) The age of each contributor
(2.) The date of his marriage
(3.) The date of bis wife's birth
(4.) The names and ages of his children
born in wedlock
if any.
21. Every contributor shall, within three months of his commencing to contribute if in the Colony, or within six months if out of the Colony, supply to the directors a state- ment in writing of the particulars specified in section 20, and shall, if required, verify the same to the satisfaction of the directors by statutory declaration or in such other manner as the directors may require.
22. Every contributor shall notify the directors in writing of any of the following events, and shall also supply them with the particulars relating to such events hereinafter mentioned :-
(1.) His marriage, the date thereof, and the age of his
wife.
(2.) The birth of any child of such contributor, born in wedlock, the date thereof, and the sex and name of such child.
(3.) The marriage of any such child if a female.
(4.) Divorce from his wife.
(5.) The death of his wife or of any of his childroni
boru in wedlock.
Such notice to the directors and such partienlars shall be
in writing, and shall be supplied to them within three months of the event to which they refer, if such contributor is in the Colony, or within six months if he is absent from it. The directors may require any contributor to verify such particulars by statutory declaration or in such other manner as the Directors may require.
23. Whenever the directors shall be satisfied that any contributor has failed or neglected, after reasonable notice, to comply with any of the requirements of section 21 or 22, they ny impose on such contributor a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, which shall be deducted from his salary or pension by the Colonial Treasurer or Crown Agents and carried to the credit of the fund.
24. Whenover the directors shall be satisfied that any contributor has wifully supplied any fulse information under section 21 or 22, they may impose on such contributor a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, which shall be deducted from his salary or pension and carried to credit of the fund as directed in the preceding section.
Pensioners.
25. Except in the cases enumerated in the next section, the widows and orphans of all contributors shall be entitled to pensions from the fund.
26. The following persous shall not be entitled to any pension under this Ordinance.
(1) The widow of any contributor who dies within one year from the date of his marriage, unless
a child be born of such marriage. In case of the death of such child the widow's pension shall cease.
(2.) The widow of any contributor who married after completing his thirty-five years of contribution
to the fund, or after the sixty-fifth year of his age, or after his retirement ou pension.
(3.) Any child of such marriage.
(4.) Any orphm, whose mother is in receipt of a
pension.
27. The pensious granted to orphans shall cease in the case of males at eighteen years of age, and in the case of females at twenty-one years of age, or on marriage.
28. The pension to which a widow or any orphan is entitled shall be computed in accordance with the tables contained in the Schedule B to this Ordinance. Such tables shall be subject to revision from time to time as the Governor in Council may deem necessary, and such revised tables shall be published in the Gazette.
29. When orphans have no living mother or step-mother entitled to a pension and their ages entitle them to s peusion, such pension shall be computed as follows:-
(1.) If there are three orphans or less entitled to pension, each orphan shall receive one-fourth of the pension to which the wife of the deceased contributor would have been entitled if she bad survived him, or which she was receiving at the time of her death.
(2.) If there are more than three such orphans so entitled to pension, then the pension to which such widow would have been entitled or was re- ceiving shall be divided equally among them. 30. The directors may make such arrangements as they shall think fit for paying any pension to orphans or to a widow with orphan children or step-children into the hands of trustees, guardiane, school-masters, or other suitable per- sons, either wholly or in part. The directors may withold payment of any such pension until such arrangements are made to their satisfaction. The receipts of such trustees, guardians, school-masters, or other suitable persons shall be a sufficient discharge to the directors for the amounts which such receipts represent.
31. Any widow who ranrries again shall forfeit all claim to pension arising from her previous marriage with a con- tributor. If there are children by such previous marriage with & contributor, such children shall, if eligible forpen- sions, be treated as orphans within the meaning of section
29.
32. A wife against whom any contributor has obtained a divorce in a British Court of Justice shall, for the pur- poses of this Ordinance, be considered as dead, but whore contributor has been separated from his wife, judicially, or by mutual cousent, or otherwise, the directors may, buying regard to the grounds of the separation, and the subsequent conduct of both parties, grant a pension either to the widow or to the orphaus if any, as they shall think most desirable.
33. The widow of suy contributor by a second or any other subsequent marriage shall be entitled to the same pension as would have heen paid to the first wife if she had survived her husband, provided that such second or sub- sequent wife was not younger at the date of her marringe with the contributor than the first wife would have been at such date if she had lived. If she is younger, ber pension shall be reduced in accordance with the tables herciubefore mentioned.
34. When any contributor dies leaving a widow and also children by a previous marriage whose ages entitle them to pensions, the respective pensions of sich widow and of such orphans shall be computed as follows;—
(1.) If there are three or more such children, they shall be entitled to one half the pension to which their mother would have been entitled bad she survived her husband, to be divided equally amongst them,
(2.) If two such children, one-third of such mother's pension shall be divided between them.
(3.) If only one such child, he shall be cutitled to
one-fourth of such mother's pension.
(4.) in any of the three above-mentioned cases, the said widow shall be entitled to one-half of the pension which she would have received under section 33 had there been no such orphans.
(5.) If there are no such orphans, or if they cease to be entitled to pensions, the pension of such widow will be computed under section 33.
Computation of pensions. Fald, p
Motherless orphans, Foil.
Payment of pensione in Gruel.
itemarriage
of widow, 2040.27.
Diycyna or paration
Second wires. Jbil, Rules.
Step-mothers
and children
1 bazi. 28.
660