14 Section 33 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 33 ; |
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| (b) by the addition, at the end of that subsection, of the following new subsections:
| | " (2) A child adopted under the [Cap. 76] provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married public officer while he is a contributor shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3) and subsection (4), be treated as a child of the adopter and accordingly such child shall be entitled to a pension under this Ordinance in like manner and to the like amount as a child of such public officer. | | |
| | (3) A child adopted under the [Cap. 76] provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married public officer while he is a contributor shall be entitled to a pension under this Ordinance unless the Director has reason to believe that there was no genuine desire to adopt the child and that the adoption was merely one of convenience : | | |
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| (c) by the substitution, for the marginal note to that section, of the following new marginal note : |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts