Mental Treatment Act, 1945

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Contributions.

85.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, an officer or servant of a mental hospital authority shall contribute in each year for the purposes of this Part of this Act three per cent. of his salary or wages for that year and the amount of such contribution shall from time to time be deducted from his salary or wages.

(2) Where a deduction proper to be made under this section by a mental hospital authority from the salary or wages of an officer or servant is not made, the authority may recover the amount in question by retaining it out of any sum due by them to the officer or servant or by withholding any allowance or lump sum payable by them under this Part of this Act to or in respect of the officer or servant.

(3) Every contribution made under the Act of 1909 by an officer or servant of a mental hospital authority shall, where appropriate, be regarded as a contribution under this Part of this Act.