4. Abatements from salaries to be made
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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.
public servant
“public servant” means an officer holding a pensionable office or an officer serving on probation or on agreement in a pensionable office, in the service of the Government, but does not include an officer —(a)who is not restricted by law to one wife at a time;(b)who, on or after 2 March 1961 —(i)is appointed to a pensionable office; or(ii)is appointed to a pensionable office on probation or on agreement, in the service of the Government;(c)who is transferred to the service of the Government under section 9 of the Local Government Integration Act or section 5 of the Planning Act 1998; or(d)in the service of the Government before 2 March 1961 who becomes restricted by law to one wife at a time on or after 1 April 1965, unless, within one month from the date he becomes so restricted, he gives notice in writing to the Directors of his desire to become a contributor, whereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply to him from the date of such notice.
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.
contributor
“contributor” means and includes every person from whose salary or pension deductions are made in accordance with this Act;
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.