Contributions
22Neither section 23, nor any regulations under that section, shall apply, and except where section 24 applies (judicial office held by a woman) contributions towards the cost of any pension or pensions under section 19 or 22 of this Act shall be made in accordance with paragraph 23 below.
23(1)The contribution shall take the form of a reduction in the lump sum which may be granted under section 17 of this Act in respect of the man's service.
(2)The amount of the contribution shall be equal to the annual amount of the personal pension:
Provided that where the man last had a wife at a time before the end of his relevant service (leaving out of account any marriage after the end of that service) the amount of that contribution shall be the annual amount of the personal pension—
(a)multiplied by the number of years of his relevant service completed before that time, and
(b)divided by the number of his years of relevant service completed in all.
(3)No contribution shall be made in the case of a man who at no time during his relevant service had a wife.