s 6 Contributions where official income is reduced
(1) If the official income of a contributor becomes reduced, whether by reduction of salary or by his retirement on a pension, he may, upon giving notice in writing to the Directors of his desire to do so, contribute for the remainder of the thirty-five years or until he attains the age of sixty five, upon the actual amount of his salary or pension, as the case may be, in which case his widow or children shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be entitled to pension accordingly; or, if such reduction of official income is due to retirement on a pension on account of ill health, he may, upon giving notice in writing of his desire to do so, cease to contribute. (2) If a contributor who has retired on a pension on account of illhealth and has given notice as provided in subsection (1) that he desires to contribute on the actual amount of his pension dies within three years of the date of his retirement, his widow or children shall be entitled to a pension computed on the basis of the interest acquired by such contributor at the date of his retirement in accordance with the Rules and Tables contained in the First Schedule. (3) If a contributor who has retired on pension on account of illhealth and has given notice as provided in subsection (1) that he desires to cease to contribute dies within two years of the date of his retirement, his widow or children shall be entitled to a pension computed on the basis of the interest acquired by such contributor at the date of his retirement in accordance with the Rules and Tables contained in the First Schedule. (4) Any notice given by a contributor under subsection (1) shall be irrevocable, except in the case of an entitled officer who, having retired before 31 August 1957, exercises his option under section 5B before 31 December 1957. (5) Where such reduction of official income is due to retirement on a pension and the contributor draws a pension not only from the Federation but also from the Colony of the Straits Settlements, or from any Malay State under the protection of the British Government, he shall, if he elects to contribute on his pension in accordance with subsection (1), contribute on the aggregate amount of the pensions granted to him by the Federation and by the said Colony, and by any such Malay State and such aggregate amount shall for the purpose of this section and subject to subsection (7) hereof be deemed to be his reduced official income. (6) Where a contributor only contributes on his reduced official income, any pension to his widow or children shall be diminished in the same proportion as it would have been increased had his rate of contribution been raised instead of being lowered. (7) The pension of a contributor to whom a gratuity and reduced pension have been granted shall, for the purpose of calculating the amount of the abatements to be made under this section, be deemed to be the equivalent of four-thirds of such reduced pension. (8) For the purposes of this section a contributor to the Federated Malay States Railways Provident Fund who retires under the provisions of the Federated Malay States Railways Provident Fund Enactment 1936 [En. 21 of 1936], shall be deemed to have retired on pension and to be in receipt of a reduced official income.