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be reduced under sub-section (2) is payable otherwise than at a periodical rate, the reduction of the relevant benefit shall be made to such extent, and in such manner, as the Trust determines by instrument in writing.
"(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (2) and (3), the rate of a relevant benefit to which a person is entitled shall not be reduced, or continue to be reduced, under those sub-sections by a rate that is more than one-half of the rate at which the relevant benefit would have been payable to the person but for those sub-sections and—
(a) if sub-section 18b (6) applies, whether directly or indirectly, in relation to the relevant benefit—that sub-section; and
(b) if sub-section 20 (3a) applies, whether directly or indirectly, in relation to the relevant benefit—that sub-section.
"(5) In the event of a person who is entitled to a relevant benefit becoming—
(a) the holder of an office of profit under the Commonwealth;
(b) the holder of an office of profit under a State; or
(c) entitled to a pension arising out of service in such an office, whether the office was held by the person or another person and whether the office was held before or after the commencement of this section,
the person shall, within 14 days after the occurrence of the event, notify the Secretary, in writing, accordingly.
Penalty for contravention of sub-section: $500.
"(6) The Secretary or an authorized officer may, by notice in writing served, personally or by post, on a person who is entitled to a relevant benefit (whether or not the relevant benefit is immediately payable), require the person to furnish to the Secretary, within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice, such information as is specified in the notice, being information that, in the opinion of the Secretary or the authorized officer, as the case may be, is or may be relevant to the application of this section to the person.
"(7) A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail duly to furnish information that he is required to furnish by virtue of a notice under sub-section (6).
Penalty for contravention of sub-section: $500.
"(8) A person shall not—
(a) make a statement, in a notification made in pursuance of sub-section (5), that is, to his knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) furnish information to the Secretary, in pursuance of a notice under sub-section (6), that is, to 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