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(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, all amounts paid by or on behalf of any member of the Prisons Service as contributions towards that member's pension or social security fund before the commencement of this Law shall be refunded to him-

(a) when he retires from the Prisons Service on attaining the retirement age prescribed under the Prisons Service Decree, 1972 (NRCD 46);

(b) where he resigns or is dismissed from the Prisons Service, upon attaining the age of superannuation in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Decree, 1972 (NRCD 127).

(2) Any amount payable to any member of the Prisons Service under subsection (1) of this section shall be paid to his estate if that member dies before he is due to retire from the Prisons Service or his retiring awards are paid to him or before attaining the age of superannuation.