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Judges' Contributory Pensions Act 1968
12Death of person with surcharge liability
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### 12 Death of person with surcharge liability
> [*\[Section 12 Inserted by No. 18 of 1999, s. 15, Applied:14 May 1999\]*](/view/html/inforce/1999-05-14/act-1999-018#GS15@EN) [*\[Section 12 Amended by No. 45 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004\]*](/view/html/inforce/2004-01-01/act-2003-045#JS1@Ja36@GC7@EN) If a person to whom this Act applies dies with an outstanding surcharge liability, his spouse may elect to commute her or his pension to a lump sum payment in order to discharge any surcharge liability, in which case [section 11](#GS11@EN) applies to that election as if it were an election under that section.