Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840:section:17:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01840
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 17 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 18092–20271

election, a candidate for election either as a senator or as a member of the House of Representatives;
     (c) ceases to be a member of the House of Representatives upon the dissolution or expiration of that House and is not, at the time of the next ensuing elections for the House of Representatives, a candidate for election to that House or, if elections of senators are held, or an election of a senator is held, at the same time as those elections for that House, a candidate for election either as a senator or as a member of the House of Representatives; or
     (d) ceases to be a senator by reason of the election of a successor under section 15 of the Constitution and is not, at the time of the election at which his successor is elected, a candidate for election as a senator or, if his successor is elected at a general election of members of the House of Representatives, a candidate for election either as a senator or as a member of the House of Representatives,
and who, by reason of his having satisfied the Trust that his resignation was made bona fide on account of ill-health or that his failure to be such a candidate was due to ill-health, as the case may be, is not deemed by section 17 to have retired voluntarily.

"(3) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person to whom this section applies may, within 3 months after becoming entitled to a retiring allowance, by notice in writing signed by the person and delivered personally or sent by post to the Secretary to the Department of Finance, elect to convert such percentage (not exceeding 50 per centum) of his retiring allowance as is specified in the notice (in this section referred to as the 'specified percentage') to a lump sum payment determined in accordance with this section.
"(4) A lump sum payment under sub-section (3) shall be—
     (a) in any of the cases mentioned in sub-section (5)—the specified percentage of the annual amount of the retiring allowance payable to him multiplied by 10; or
     (b) in any other case—the specified percentage of the annual amount of the retiring allowance payable to him multiplied by the number ascertained in accordance with the formula  10-x ,