Chapter:	94	Title:	WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	10 of 2005
Section:	4	Heading:	Contributors to other schemes	Version Date:	08/07/2005

(1) No officer shall be required to contribute under this Ordinance if, and for so long as, he is contributing to an approved scheme, or if he has completed his contributions to an approved scheme: (Amended 2 of 1931 s. 3)
Provided that this subsection shall have no effect and shall be deemed never to have had effect in relation to an approved scheme which, prior to 1 July 1997, has been declared by the Secretary of State of the United Kingdom to be a List II scheme. (Added 72 of 1967 s. 3. Amended 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) For the purposes of this section, an approved scheme means a scheme for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of Government officers, established in a British colony or protectorate or in British India or in any territory in respect of which a mandate is being exercised by the government of any part of a British dominion, which prior to 1 July 1997, is declared by the Secretary of State of the United Kingdom to be an approved scheme for the purposes of this section. (Amended 63 of 1999 s. 3)
(3) Any claim for exemption under this section must be in writing and must reach the Secretary for the Civil Service within three months after the officer commences to draw salary from this Government or such extended period as the Secretary for the Civil Service may in any particular case allow. (Amended 33 of 1939 Schedule; 72 of 1973 s. 2; L.N. 226 of 1976; L.N. 242 of 1994; L.N. 362 of 1997; 10 of 2005 s. 3)
(4) An officer who under this section has obtained exemption from becoming a contributor under this Ordinance may not subsequently become a contributor under this Ordinance unless-

(a) he ceases to contribute to the approved scheme; or
(b) he marries; or
(c) he leaves the service of this Government and is subsequently reappointed to it. (Replaced 33 of 1939 Schedule)