Amendment of section 27 of the principal enactment
5. Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the substitution, for the words "have been fully discharged.", of the following:- " have been fully discharged : Provided, however, that where the directors are satisfied that the discharge of any debt due to the fund by any public officer cannot be proved on account of the loss of any record of that officer's contributions to the fund, they may authorize the award and payment of such pension to the widow or any orphan of that officer as would have become due and payable to that widow or orphan had every debt due to the fund by that officer been fully discharged.". |