8. Application of the provisions of Section 9A of the principal enactment to persons who had died before the date of operation of this Act

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

The Provisions of subsection (1) of section 9A shall mutatis mutandis apply to the widower and children of any public officer who had been a contributor to the Pension

Scheme and had died before the date of the coming in operation of this Act, under the circumatances specified in the aforesaid subsection.

(2)

The provisions of subsection (3) of section 9A shall mutatis mutandis apply to the widower and children of any person who is a female and had held a temporary or casual post in the public service and died while in service, before the date of the coming in operation of this Act, under the circumstances specified in the aforesaid subsection (3).

(3)

Any person to whom the provisions of subsection (2)

of this section applies, shall be deemed to be a contributor under the principal enactment.

(4)

For the purpose of granting of pension under subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the officers referred to in subsection (1) and the persons referred to in subsection (2) of this section shall be deemed to have paid all contributions due to the Pension Scheme from them, in full, as at the date of death of each such person.

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