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his knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty for contravention of sub-section: $2,000.".
(2) Section 21b of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 applies to and in relation to a person who—
(a) becomes entitled to a retiring allowance after the commencement of this section; or
(b) dies, after the commencement of this section, while entitled to a parliamentary allowance.

Notional salaries, &c., for certain offices
20. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting "or an allowance by way of salary" after "a salary";
(b) by inserting "or allowance by way of salary, as the case may be," after "of this Act, salary"; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof "by instrument in writing".

Payment of retiring allowances and annuities
21. Section 24b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-sections:
"(2) Where the rate of a retiring allowance or annuity is an annual rate, the amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, payable in respect of a period that is not a complete year, or an exact number of complete years, shall be ascertained—
(a) where the period is one day—by dividing the annual amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, by 365; and
(b) where the period is a number of days—by multiplying the annual amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, by the number of days in the period and dividing the product by 365.
"(3) Where the rate of a retiring allowance or annuity is a weekly rate, the amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, payable in respect of a period that is not a complete week, or an exact number of complete weeks, shall be ascertained—
(a) where the period is one day—by dividing the weekly amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, by 7; and
(b) where the period is a number of days—by multiplying the weekly amount of the retiring allowance or annuity, as the case may be, by the number of days in the period and dividing the product by 7.".

Regulations
22. Section 28 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
"(2) Regulations made for the purposes of the definition of 'allowance by way of salary', or the definition of 'office', in sub-section 4 (1) may be expressed to have taken effect from and including a day not earlier than 3 months before the making of the regulations.".

Transitional provisions
23. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act