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Superannuation Act 1922
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61 Minimum pension
(1) The minimum amount of pension payable to a contributor upon retirement is, except where this Act requires his pension to be actuarially determined, two units. (2) The minimum amount of pension payable to the widow of a contributor or pensioner (not being pension in respect of a child) is: (a) subject to paragraph (b)—one and one‑quarter units; or (b) in the case of a widow whose husband elected that section 26 should not apply to him—one unit. (3) This section does not apply to a pension that has been reduced under section 93DD.