6. Insertion of new section 26A in the principal enactment

The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 26 of the principal enactment and shall have effect as section 26A of that enactment :—

26A. A public officer, who being a contributor to the Pension Scheme and who leaves the public service prior to reaching her compulsory age of retirement, having completed ten or more years of service but not being eligible to receive a pension, shall not be eligible to a refund of the entirety or part of the contributions made by her to the Pension

Scheme. However the widower and orphans of such public officer shall, upon her death, become entitled to receive a pension on the contributions made by her, calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Act.”.