Section 4

A monthly abatement shall be made from the salary or pension of every public servant and all such abatements shall be paid into the Pension Fund:Provided that where an officer was or is serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office on or after 11 December 1950, he may, not later than 31 December 1958, or 6 months after the commencement of such service, whichever is the later, by giving notice in writing to the Directors of his desire to do so, elect not to become or to cease to be a contributor, as the case may be, and in such case the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply to such officer in respect of the period of his service on probation or on agreement, and there shall be repayable to him the total amount of any contribution which he may have made.

Such abatements shall be calculated at the rate of 4% of the monthly salary of the contributor:Provided that, unless and until notice has been given as provided in section 9(1), the abatement to be made in the case of a contributor who has retired on pension or who has suffered reduction of salary shall be calculated upon the salary drawn by such contributor immediately prior to such retirement or reduction, as the case may be.

In the case of an officer holding or having held a post, the salary of which is on a sterling basis, the abatement shall be made in dollars at 4% of such sterling salary converted into dollars at the rate from time to time fixed by the Government for the payment of such salaries or pensions.

Contributions shall continue to be made on the full salary whenever an officer is on leave of absence with half salary or without salary.

An officer who held a non-pensionable office in the service of the Government and was appointed to a pensionable office before 2 March 1961 shall be deemed to have entered such service on the date of such appointment.