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AN ACT to amend the Social Security Act, Cap. 318.
BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows>–
1. The title of this Act is the Social Security (Amendment) Act,
2003 and it shall be read and construed as one with the Social Security
Act, hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”.
2. For article 3 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following>–
“3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and save as provided for in sub-article (2) of this article, every person who
has passed his sixteenth birthday, but not yet reached his retirement, shall become insured under this Act either as an employed
person, or as a self-employed person or as a self-occupied person.
(2) With effect from 5th January, 2004, a married person who is not legally separated or who has not been abandoned by his spouse
shall not be deemed to be a self-employed person–
Provided that, with effect from the coming into force of this Act, any married person who is not legally separated or who has not
been abandoned by his spouse, and who prior to the 5th
Title.
Cap. 318.
Substitution of article 3 of the principal Act.
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Amendment of article 6 of the principal Act.
January, 2004 was deemed to be a self-employed person, shall, if he so elects, continue to be considered as a self-employed person.”.
3. In article 6 of the principal Act, paragraph (a) of sub-article
(1) thereof shall be deleted.
The object of the Bill is to implement measures ensuring equality of treatment between men and women in matters of social security.
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