1332 [ 30 OF 1890. ) widows ' AND ORPHANS ' PENSIONS .
Reduction of 15. When the salary of any contributor shall be reduced ,
salary .
[ 1bid . 8 & either by his retirement on pension or otherwise, the monthly
37. ) contribution to be made by him during his remaining period
for contribution as laid down in the preceding section, shall be
four per cent of the actual salary or pension to which he is
entitled, and the pension payable on bis death to his widow or
orphans shall be reduced by the same amount as would have
been added to it had such contributor's salary been increased
in the same ratio as that in which it has been diminished . But
such contributor may, should he so desire, continue his previous
rate of contribution for the remainder of his said period on his
giving notice in writing to the directors of his intention to do
so , in which case bis widow or orphans shall be granted the
full pension to which such rate of contribution entitles them .
Withdrawal 16. A public officer who may retire from the public service or
from strrice
without who may be deprived of the situation in respect of which he con
pension .
[ Ibid . 9. ]
tributed to the fund, but who shall not be granted a pension or
No. 18 of compassionate or superannuation allowance, may continue to con
1891 , 8. 4. ] tribute to the fund from and after the date of his so retiring or
being deprived of his situation, on the salary he was receiving at
such date and atthe same rate and subject to the same terms and
conditions as if he had continued in the public service. In the
event of his failing so to continue to contribute, or in the event of
any contribution due from him being six months in arrears, it shall
be considered that he has ceased to contribute to the fund , and his
widow or widow and children , as the case may be, shall be entitled
on his death only to a pension computed on the basis of the interest
acquired by such contributor in the fund at the date of his so retir
ing or being deprived of his situation, in accordance with the tables
contained in schedule B.
Withdrawal
unmarried ,
17. When any contributor, being a bachelor, or a widower
& c. without children born in wedlock , shall retire unmarried from
[ Ibid . 36. ) the service on pension, one half his total contributions to the
fund shall be repaid to him without interest, provided his claim
is lodged in manner prescribed by the preceding section.
Transfer to 18. When any contributor shall be transferred from the
other
employ . service of the Colony to other employment under the Crown ,
[ Ibid . 10. )
he shall, from the date of such transfer, cease to contribute to
the fund , but his widow or children , as the case may be, shall
be entitled , on the death of such contributor, to a pension com
puted on the basis of the interest acquired by such contributor
in the fund at the date of his transfer, in accordance with the
tables hereinafter referred to. And if, when such contributor
retires from the service of the Crown on pension, he is a bachelor
or a widower without children born in wedlock , he may claim