Section 16

If any contributor, or any officer who would, but for this section, be liable to contribute under this Act, becomes a contributor to the Oversea Superannuation Scheme in respect of dependants’ benefits he shall, on written application made within 3 months after the date on which he first became a contributor under that Scheme, or within such extended period as the Directors may, in any particular case, allow, be exempted by the Directors from contributing under this Act, so long as he continues to contribute to that Scheme.

An exemption granted under subsection (1) shall take effect from the date upon which such contributor or officer first became a contributor to that Scheme, and there shall be repayable to him the total amount of any contributions which he may have made under this Act since that date.

Section 15(1) shall apply to a contributor who has been exempted under subsection (1) as if he had been transferred to other such employment within the meaning of that subsection.

An officer who has contributed to the Oversea Superannuation Scheme for the full period required by the said Scheme and has by such contributions provided a pension for his widow and children, shall be deemed for the purpose of subsection (1) to be still contributing to such Scheme.