s 10 Refund of contribution to bachelor or widower without children of a pensionable age
(1) If a contributor being a bachelor or a widower without children of a pensionable age retires from the service of the Government, he shall cease to contribute and his rights under this Act shall cease, except as provided in subsection (2). (2) If a contributor being a bachelor or a widower without children of a pensionable age dies while in the service of the Government or retires from the service of the Government there shall be payable to him or to his legal representative— (a) if such contributor is a bachelor, the total amount of his contributions together with compound interest thereon calculated with annual rests at the rate of two and one-half per centum; and (b) if such contributor is a widower without children of a pensionable age, the total amount of the contributions which he has paid since the death of his last wife or the ceasing to be of a pensionable age of his last child, whichever event shall last have happened together with compound interest thereon calculated with annual rests at the rate of two and one-half per centum.