Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Fund (Amendment) Act 2010 · As enacted
6. Replacement of section 34 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Section 34 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section is substituted therefor :—
34. (1) The widow of a contributor shall, on her remarriage, receive as pension after the date of such subsequent marriage—
half the amount of the pension which she was receiving at the time of such subsequent marriage; or
where she was entitled to receive a pension but was not in actual receipt of the same, half the amounts she was to receive in her capacity as a widow prior to such subsequent marriage.
The children of the first marriage of the widow shall receive the remaining portion of
“Provisions in case of widow remarrying.
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Fund the pension received by the widow after the payment to the widow is made in terms of paragraphs (a) or (b) above.
Where the spouse of such subsequent marriage is also a contributor to the Fund and where such widow becomes entitled to receive a pension upon the death of such spouse in respect of the contributions made to the Fund by such spouse, the payment of such amount as she 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 widow shall, as from the date of death of the spouse of their mother’s subsequent marriage, be entitled to receive the shares they were receiving in terms of subsection (2) and the amount which their mother 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 widow shall be entitled to receive as pension the half share she received in terms of subsection (1) and the entitlement of the children under subsection (2) remains unchanged.”.