Section 12

A married contributor or a contributor who is a widower with children of a pensionable age who retires from the service of the Government before he is entitled to a pension may continue to contribute, from and after the date of his ceasing to draw salary, on the salary which he was receiving from the Government at such date and at the same rate and subject to the same terms and conditions as if he had continued in the service of the Government:Provided that as soon as such contributor ceases to have a wife or child who would on his death be entitled to pension he shall forthwith cease to contribute and his rights under this Act shall cease.

In the event of any such contributor failing to contribute, or in the event of any contribution due from him being in arrear for 6 months, it shall be considered that he has ceased to be a contributor and his widow or children, as the case may be, shall be entitled on his death to a pension computed only on the basis of the pension rights acquired by that contributor at the date of his ceasing to contribute in accordance with the Rules and Tables set out in the First Schedule.