ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Asian Officers’ Family Pensions Act
21. Transfer of member to another service which has provision for widows’ and orphans’ pensions
Edition: 1971-06-04 · In force
21. Transfer of member to another service which has provision for widows’ and orphans’ pensions
If a member is transferred from the service of the Government to other public service for which there is established an approved scheme, the following provisions shall have effect—(a)if the member is a bachelor or a widower without children of pensionable age—(i)he shall, if he so elects by notice in writing addressed to the Board not later than three months after the date of transfer, remain a member for the purposes of this Act without making further contributions;(ii)section 20 of this Act shall not apply before the expiration of the said three months or his earlier death, but shall then apply as from the date of transfer if he shall not have elected as provided in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and not otherwise;(iii)if, having elected as aforesaid, he subsequently leaves the public service or dies without having married or remarried, as the case may be, the provisions of the said section 20 shall apply;(iv)if, having elected as aforesaid, he subsequently marries without having left the public service, the last-mentioned provisions shall cease to apply in his case;(b)if the member is married or a widower with children of pensionable age—(i)he shall, if he so elects by notice in writing addressed to the Board not later than three months after the date of transfer, continue to contribute to the Fund at the rate at which he was contributing at that date;(ii)if he does not so elect he shall cease to contribute as from the date of transfer.