As enacted

Contents

3. Insertion of new sections 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F in the principal enactment

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

The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 4A of the principal enactment and shall have effect as sections 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E and 4F of that enactment:—

4B. (1) Any person who has become a member of the Volunteer Force of the Armed

Forces and had retired with pension benefits on a date prior to the coming into operations of this section, or who continues to be in such force on such date as such member may, on making an application in that behalf before such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, elect to be a contributor to the Pension Scheme.

(2)

Any person who after being retired or discharged from the Regular Force or Volunteer

Force as the case may be, of the Armed Forces, has been transferred to the Regular Reserve

Force or Volunteer Reserve Force, as the case may be of the Armed Forces, before the date on which the provisions of this section comes into operation and who has been retired with pension benefits or who continues to be in such

Reserve as such member on such date, may by making an application before such date as the

Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, elect to be a contributor to the

Pension Scheme.

(3)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), where a member specified in the said subsections dies before the prescribed date without making an election under either subsection (1) or subsection (2), she shall, if she leaves a husband or child or a husband and a child or a husband and children, be deemed to have elected to be a contributor to the Pension Scheme.

“Extension of the

Pension

Scheme to the Members of the

Regular,

Reserve,

Volunteer

Force or

Volunteer

Reserve of the Armed

Forces.

(4)

Any person who elects to become a contributor or in the case of persons who are deemed to have elected to become contributors of the Pension Scheme the person administering the affairs of such deceased person, shall pay to the Pension Scheme, all arrears of contributions for the period commencing from the date of enlistment of such person into the respective Armed Force, until the date of election, retirement or death as the case may be, with interest thereon at the rate of four per centum per annum.

(5)

An election made under the provisions of subsections (1) or (2) above shall be final.

4C. Any person who becomes a member of the Regular Reserve, Volunteer Force or

Volunteer Reserve of Armed Forces on or after the date on which the provisions of this section comes into operation, shall be a contributor to the Pension Scheme from and after such date.

4D.

Act

Where a member of the Armed Forces has been employed in any position in the public service either before joining the Armed

Forces or after leaving the Armed Forces and she is in addition to her pension as a member of the Armed Forces, entitled to a pension by virtue of such employment, her widower and orphans shall in the event of her death be entitled to receive as pension, either—

(a)

such amount as shall not exceed the aggregate pensions she would have received, had she served the full period of service with the Armed Forces; or

A person who becomes a member of the Armed

Forces after coming into operation of this section, to be a contributor.

Entitlement to pension

Schemes other than the Pension

Scheme under the

Widowers’ and Orphans’ Pension Scheme

(b)

such amount as shall not exceed the aggregate pensions she would have received, had she served the full period of service in the public service.

4E. (1) (a)

any female officer or female soldier of the Regular Force,

Regular Reserve Force, Volunteer

Force or Volunteer Reserve Force of the Sri Lanka Army; or

(b)

any female officer or female seaman of the Regular Force,

Regular Reserve Force, Volunteer

Force or Volunteer Reserve Force of the Sri Lanka Navy; or

(c)

any female officer or female airman of the Regular Force,

Regular Reserve Force, Volunteer

Force or Volunteer Reserve Force of the Sri Lanka Air Force, who becomes disabled due to injuries sustained whilst performing operational duties or any other law enforcement duties or as a result of terrorist activities and who is determined to be unfit for military service by the Medical Board of the Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, or Sri

Lanka Air Force as the case may be, and who is in receipt of a pay and allowance till she reaches fifty five years of age, may, by making an application in that behalf before such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, elect to be a contributor to the

Pension Scheme.

Extension of the Pension

Scheme to the members of the Armed

Forces who become disabled due to injuries sustained whilst performing operational duties.

(2)

Where a person referred to in subsection (1), dies before the prescribed date without making an election under that subsection, she shall, if she leaves a spouse or a child or a spouse and child or a spouse and children, be deemed to have elected to be a contributor to the Pension Scheme.

(3)

The provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of section 4B shall mutatis mutandis apply to a person referred to in this section.

4F. For the purpose of sections 4B, 4C and 4D

“a member of the Regular Reserve, Volunteer

Force or Volunteer Reserve of the Armed

Forces” shall—

(a)

in relation to the Sri Lanka Army, be deemed to be, a female officer or female soldier as the case may be, of the Regular

Force under subsection (3) of section 3

of the Army Act; or

(b)

in relation to the Sri Lanka Navy, be deemed to be, a female officer or a female seaman as the case may be, of the Regular

Naval Force under subsection (3) of section 3 of the Navy Act; or

(c)

in relation to the Sri Lanka Air Force, be deemed to be a female officer or female airman as the case may be of the Regular

Air force under subsection (3) of section 3 of the Air Force Act.”.

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