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repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Certain contributors to the Provident Account who change the nature of their employment to continue as contributors.
"86. Where—
     (a) the employment of a contributor to the Provident Account terminates or is terminated; and
     (b) immediately after the day on which his employment terminates or is terminated, he becomes employed by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority on terms that require him to give the whole of his time to the duties of his employment,
he shall be deemed not to have ceased, by reason of that termination of his employment, to be a contributor to the Provident Account or to be, or to be deemed to be, an employee.".
16. Section 88 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—

Rights of contributors to Provident Account who resign to contest elections.
"88.—(1.) This section applies to a person who, being a contributor to the Provident Account, voluntarily terminates his service in order to become a candidate for election as a member of a House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State, but so applies only if the termination took effect not earlier than one month before the day on which nominations for the election closed.
"(2.) Where a person to whom this section applies dies on or before the day of the declaration of the result of the election, he shall be deemed not to have ceased, by reason of the termination of his service, to be a contributor to the Provident Account or to be, or to be deemed to be, an employee.
"(3.) Where a person to whom this section applies and who was a candidate at the election but failed to be elected—
     (a) dies within the period of two months after the day of the declaration of the result of the election; or
     (b) applied within that period to become employed by the Commonwealth or by an approved authority in employment the terms of which would require him to give the whole of his time to the

        duties of his employment and dies before the application is determined or, if the application is granted, before becoming so employed,
he shall be deemed not to have ceased, by reason of the termination of his service, to be a contributor to the Provident Account or to be, or to be deemed to be, an employee.
"(4.) Where—
     (a) the Board is satisfied that, if a person to whom this section applies had not terminated his service, his services would, at a time (in this sub-section referred to as 'the relevant time') within the period that commenced on the