Cap. 318 Art. 46Option of widow claiming a pension in respect of retirement.

When the person applying for a pension under this Part is a widow, she shall be entitled to elect that, in calculating the yearly average of the contributions paid by or credited to her, there shall be treated as so paid or credited either -

(a) for each of her contribution years falling wholly or partly before her husband’s death, or

(b) for each of her contribution years falling wholly or partly during the period of her marriage, a number of contributions equal to the yearly average of the contributions paid or credited to her husband (being the yearly average which was ascertained in connection with her claim for a pension under Part IV of this Act, or would have been so ascertained if she had made such a claim) instead of the number of contributions actually paid by or credited to her for that year:

Provided that paragraph (a) shall only apply to an actual widow and only with respect to those contributions as not already credited to any other widow.