Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 62

62. Where a married person becomes invalid or suffers any permanent loss of physical or mental faculty arising out of his employment or self-occupation in accordance with article 29, or reaches pension age on or after the 1st day of April, 1978, and becomes entitled to receive a pension payable under articles 26 or 29 or under Part V (excluding a Two-Thirds Pension) of this Act , then, if his/her spouse is in his/her own right in receipt of a ny pension payable under the aforementioned articles or to a Two- Thirds Pension in accordance with the provisions of this Part, the pension payable shall be paid at the rate applicable for a sing le person: Provided that if either one of the spouses, being already in receipt of a pension payable unde r the said articles or Part, s hall renounce to the right aforesaid, then the pension payable to th e spouse who retains his/her pension right shall be paid at the r ate applicable for a married person. 72 CAP. 318.] SOCIAL SECURITY Increased National Minimum Pension. Amended by: XVI. 1989.11. Substituted by: XVI. 1990. 30. Re-numbered by: XXIV . 1993.2. Amended by: XXI.1996.24.