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| (1) Where the widow of a Member of the Legislature who was in receipt of a pension under the principal enactment is deceased or remarried on the date of commencement of this Act, then, any child of such Member shall, with effect from such date, be entitled to receive a pension of an amount equal to the pension paid to such widow at the time of her death or remarriage. The sum payable under this section to the children of a Member of the Legislature shall"
| | (a) if there is only one child of such Member entitled to such pension, be paid in its entirety to such child; | | |
| | (b) if there is more than one child of such Member entitled to such pension, be apportioned among, them in equal shares. | | |
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| (2) The provisions of subsection (5), (6) and (7) of section 7A of the principal enactment shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to and in relation to a pension payable under this section. |
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| (3) The child of a Member of the Legislature, being a Member who would have been entitled to receive a pension under the principal enactment had he been alive at the time of the coming into operation of the principal enactment and whose widow would have been entitled to receive a pension under the principal enactment had she been alive on January 1, 1982, shall with effect from the date of commencement of this Act, be entitled to receive a pension equal to the pension as would have been paid to such Member under the principal enactment. The provisions of subsections (5), (6), (7) and (8) of section 7A of the principal enactment, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to, and in relation to a pension payable under this subsection. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts