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this section applies, the prescribed period is the period that commenced on the day after he ceased to be a contributor to the Fund or to the Provident Account, as the case may be, and ends at the expiration of three months after the commencement of this Act or at the expiration of the period that would, but for this sub-section, be the prescribed period in relation to him, whichever is the later.
(8.) Any period of more than three months occurring after the day on which a person to whom sub-section (1.) of this section applies ceased to be a contributor to the Fund or to the Provident Account, as the case may be, and before the expiration of three months after the commencement of this Act, being a period in which the person was not employed in public employment within the meaning of Division 3 of Part Xa. of the Superannuation Act 1922–1971, shall, for the purposes of the application of sub-section (5.) of section 119q of that Act in relation to that person, be treated as if it were a period of three months.
(9.) Where a person—
     (a) to whom sub-section (1.) of this section applies;
     (b) who attained the age of sixty years before the commencement of this Act; and
     (c) in respect of whom deferred benefits are applicable under Division 3 of Part Xa. of the Superannuation Act 1922–1971,
gives a notice referred to in paragraph (c) of sub-section (2.) of section 119w of that Act within three months after the commencement of this Act, he may, for the purposes of that notice, select a date earlier than the date on which the notice is given but not earlier than the date on which he attained the age of sixty years.
(10.) Where a person who is entitled to make an election under sub-section (1.) of section 119u of the Superannuation Act 1922–1971 as applying by virtue of sub-section (1.) of this section dies within the period referred to in sub-section (4.) of this section, or within any period for which that period has been extended under sub-section (5.) of this section, without making such an election, or a person who died before the commencement of this Act would, if he had not died, have been entitled to make such an election—
     (a) if the person leaves a widow or widower—the widow or widower may make such an election within twenty-one days after the date of the death of the person or the date of commencement of this Act, whichever is the later; or
     (b) if the person does not leave a widow or widower, or the widow or widower dies within the period