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of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Deferment of contributions of contributors to Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund.
"35a. Where an employee becomes liable to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund, his liability to make contributions to the Superannuation Fund is deferred until, for any reason (including death)—
     (a) he ceases (otherwise than by reason of the operation of section four aa or section thirty-six of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948-1968) to be liable to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund; or
     (b) he ceases to be an employee,
whichever first occurs, but, upon his so ceasing to be liable or so ceasing to be an employee, the amount of the deferred contributions shall be paid to the Superannuation Fund.".

Determination of annual salary.
9. Section 36 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1.) the words "the last preceding section" and inserting in their stead the words "section thirty-five of this Act".
10. After section 48b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Pension to or in respect of certain contributors to Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund.
"48c—(1.) Where—
     (a) the liability of an employee to make contributions to the Superannuation Fund has been deferred by virtue of section thirty-five a of this Act; and
     (b) before he has ceased to be liable to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund, he ceases to be an employee and becomes entitled to a pension under this Act by reason that he was retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties,

his entitlement to that pension is suspended until such time as he ceases to be liable to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund,

but, if he dies before he ceases to be liable to contribute to the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Fund, he shall, for the purposes of sections forty-seven and forty-eight of this Act, be deemed to have been a pensioner at the time of his death in receipt of pension at the rate at which pension would, but for this sub-section, have been payable to him at that time.
"(2.) Where—
     (a) the liability of an employee to make contributions to the Superannuation Fund has been deferred by virtue of section thirty-five a of this Act;
     (b) he ceases to be an employee and, upon so ceasing, becomes entitled to a pension under this Act by reason that he was retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform his duties;
     (c) either of the following applies in relation to him:—
         (i) he has been or is discharged from