Widowers' and Orphans' Pension (Amendment) Act 2010 · As enacted
4. Replacement of section 18 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Parliament of Sri Lanka, unchanged
Section 18 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor :—
18. (1) The widower of a contributor shall in his re-marriage receive as pension after the date of such subsequent marriage—
half the amount of the pension which he was receiving at the time of such subsequent marriage ; or
where he was entitled to receive a pension but was not in actual receipt of the same, half the amount he was to receive in his capacity as a widower prior to such subsequent marriage.
The children of the first marriage of the widower shall receive the remaining portion of the pension received by the widower, after payment to the widower is made in terms of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1).
Where the spouse of such subsequent marriage is a contributor under this Act, and where such widower becomes entitled to
“Provisions in case of widower remarrying.
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Widowers’ and Orphans’ Pension receive a pension upon the death of such spouse in respect of the contributions made to the
Pension Scheme by such spouse, the payment of such amount as he was receiving as pension in terms of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) shall be terminated with effect from the date of death of such spouse of such subsequent marriage :
Provided that, where the payment of the pension is terminated as provided above, the children of the first marriage of the widower shall, as from the date of death of the spouse of their father’s subsequent marriage, be entitled to receive the share they were receiving in terms of subsection (2) and the amount which their father was receiving in terms of subsection (1), prior to such termination :
Provided further that, in the event of the dissolution of such subsequent marriage, the widower shall be entitled to receive as pension the half share he received in terms of subsection (1) and the entitlement of the children under subsection (2) remains unchanged.”.