Social Security Act (Cap. 318)

Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 52

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52. A person - (a) who has been an employed or self-employed or self- occupied person for not less than ten years in the aggregate prior to h is retirement; and (b) whose retirement occurs on or after the 16th day of January, 1979; and (c) who has paid the proper rate of contribution under this Act at any time after the 21st day of January, 1979, shall be entitled to a Two-Thirds Pension under and in accordan ce with the provisions of this Part in lieu of a Retirement Pensio n, or Increased Retirement Pension or National Minimum Pension or Increased National Minimum Pension, if the rate of such two-thi rds Pension is more advantag eous to the pensioner. Full rate of the Two-Thirds Pension. Amended by: XIII.1991.29; VIII.1992.19. Re-numbered by: XXIV . 1993.2. Amended by: XXIV .1993.6; XXI.1996.21; II. 1999.11; XIX. 2006.11; XV . 2016.56; IX.2025.24.

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