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When an officer in the service of the Colony of the Straits Settlements who is a contributor under the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Ordinance [S.S. Cap. 79] of the said Colony has been transferred to the service of the Government, he shall forthwith become a contributor under this Act on the full salary to which he shall from time to time be entitled in the service of such Government: Provided that the period during which he has contributed under the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Ordinance of the said Colony shall be taken into account in reckoning the period of thirty-five years referred to in section 5.