17. Section 51 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :
| (1) by the repeal of subsections (1) and (2) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsections:
| | " (1) Where a widower without pensionable children, by reason of his failure to exercise his right under section 49, does not cease to make contributions under this Ordinance, then
| | | (a) if he at any time after the appointed date but before the relevant date dies or elects to cease to make such contributions, or |
| (b) if he continues to make such contributions and ceases so to do by reason of the expiration of his maximum period of contribution, or by reason of his death, |
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| | (2) Where, on or after the appointed date, a person who is making contributions under this Ordinance
| | | (a) retires from or otherwise leaves the public service while a widower without pensionable children, or |
| (b) becomes such a widower after retiring from or otherwise leaving such service, then-
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| (2) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (2), of the following new subsections :
| | " (2A) Where, on or after the relevant date, a public officer who has been a contributor prior to that date
| | | (a) retires from or otherwise leaves the public service while a widower, without pensionable children, or |
| (b) becomes such a widower after retiring from or otherwise leaving such service, or |
| (c) dies while in the public service and while a widower without pensionable children, |
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| | (2B) Where a public officer becomes a contributor on or after the relevant date, and
| | | (a) retires from or otherwise leaves the public service while a widower without pensionable children, or |
| (b) dies while in the public service and while a widower without pensionable children, |
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| (3) by the repeal of subsection (4) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | " (4) Where, on or after the appointed date but before the relevant date, a widower without pensionable children ceases to make contributions under this Ordinance while in the public service owing to the expiry of his maximum period of contribution, he shall be granted a refund of the entirety of his repayable contributions with compound interest thereon at two and a half per centum per annum."; and | | |
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| (4) by the repeal of subsection (7) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :
| | " (7) Where, on or after the appointed date but before the relevant date a widower without pensionable children dies while in the public service and while making contributions under this Ordinance, the entirety of his repayable contributions shall be paid to his legal representative, or heir, or heirs with compound interest thereon at two and a half per centum per annum. ". | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts