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has to the contributor’s credit less than two years of pensionable service; (b) having to the contributor’s credit more than thirty-three years of service giving rise to a superannuation or pension benefit of a kind described in subsection 5(5), has to the contributor’s credit less than two years of pensionable service; (c) having had to the contributor’s credit more than two years of pensionable service, has, on ceasing to be employed in the public service in order to become employed by an approved employer, less than two years of pensionable service remaining to the contributor’s credit for which no further contributions are required and that the contributor is unable to count as pensionable service for the purposes of the superannuation or pension fund or plan of that approved employer; or (d) having had to the contributor’s credit more than two years of pensionable service, has, on ceasing to be employed in the public service in order to become a member of the regular force or of the Force, less than two years of pensionable service remaining to the contributor’s credit that the contributor is unable to count as pensionable service for the purposes of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act . Other Group 1 contributors (3) A Group 1 contributor, other than one described in subsection (2), who has to his or her credit less than two years of pensionable service, is entitled, on ceasing to be employed in the public service, to a return of contributions. Allowance to survivor and children (4) On the death of a contributor who, at the time of death, was entitled under subsection (1) to an immediate annuity, a deferred annuity or an annual allowance, the survivor and children of the contributor are entitled to the following allowances, computed on the basis of the product obtained by multiplying the average annual salary of the contributor during the period applicable, as specified in subsection 11(1) or elsewhere in this Part for the purposes of that subsection, by the number of years of pensionable service to his or her credit, one one-hundredth of the product so obtained being referred to in this subsection as the “basic allowance”: (a) in the case of the survivor, an immediate annual allowance equal to the basic allowance, and (b) in the case of each child, an immediate annual allowance equal to one-fifth of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, two-fifths of the basic allowance, but the total amount of the allowances paid under paragraph (b) shall not exceed four-fifths of the basic allowance or, if the contributor died without leaving a survivor, the survivor is dead or the survivor is not entitled to receive an allowance under this Part, other than an immediate annual allowance under section 13.1, eight-fifths of the basic allowance. Idem (5) Where, in computing the allowances to which the children of a contributor are entitled under subsection (4), it is determined that there are more than four children of the contributor entitled to an allowance, the total amount of the allowances shall be apportioned among the children in such shares as the Minister deems just and proper under the circumstances. Allowance (6) Notwithstanding subsection (8), on the death of a contributor who at the time of death was a contributor described in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), the survivor and children of the contributor are entitled to the annual allowances to which they would have been entitled under subsection (4) had the contributor, immediately prior to death, become entitled under subsection (1) to an immediate annuity, a deferred annuity or an annual allowance. Allowance (7) On the death of a contributor who has, after having reached the age of forty-five years, received an amount as a cash termi