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| (1) Where a contributor being a widow and unmarried dies leaving a child or, children entitled to a pension under this Act or when a widower of a contributor dies leaving a child or children entitled to pension under this |Act, being a child or children of his marriage with such contributor, the pension of such child or children shall be the amount which the widower would have received or had been receiving, equally divided among the children.' |
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| (2) A child adopted tinder the provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married contributor while she is a contributor shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be treated as a child of such contributor and accordingly, such child shall be entitled to a pension under this Act in like manner and to the like amount as a child of such contributor. |
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| (3) A child adopted under the provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating, to the adoption of children by a married contributor while she is a contributor shall be entitled to a pension under this Act unless the Director has reason to believe was no genuine desire, on the part, of such adopt the child and that the adoption was merely one of convenience: |
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