ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Asian Officers’ Family Pensions Act
20. Repayment to bachelor or widower without pensionable children
Edition: 1971-06-04 · In force
20. Repayment to bachelor or widower without pensionable children
(1)Subject to the provisions of Part V of this Act, if a member, being a bachelor or a widower without children of pensionable age, ceases to contribute to the Fund, he shall thereupon cease to be a member for the purposes of this Act, and there shall be paid out of the Fund to him, or to his legal personal representative, the following amount, less any debt due to the Government, that is to say—(a)in the case of a bachelor, the amount of the contributions paid by him with compound interest thereon; and(b)in the case of a widower, the amount of the contributions paid by him during the period from the death of his last wife or the ceasing to be of pensionable age of his last child, whichever event last happens, with compound interest thereon:Provided that, where such member is dismissed from the public service for misconduct, the contributions shall be repaid as aforesaid without interest.(2)For the purposes of this section, interest shall be calculated at two and a half percentum per annum, with annual rests at the 31st December in each year, the interest beginning to accrue in respect of each contribution on the first day of the month following the day upon which the contribution is due and ceasing on the last day of the month preceding the day upon which payment under this section is due.