10Section 25(1) of the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947* (No. 65 of 1947) reads as follows —

10 Section 25(1) of the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947* (No. 65 of 1947) reads as follows — “ 25. Validation (1) Insofar as any matter or thing has been done in purported pursuance of the provisions of the principal Act prior to the commencement of this, the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947*, which at the time of the doing thereof was not or may not have been authorised by the principal Act as then in force, but which if done after the relevant provisions of this, the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947*, shall have come into operation, would be authorised by the principal Act as amended by this, the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947*, the doing of such matter or thing is confirmed and validated. (2) Any adjustments and other arrangements in relation to any matter or thing, which by subsection (1) of this section is confirmed and validated, may be made or effected after the relevant provisions of this, the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947*, shall have come into operation wherever necessary in order to give effect retrospectively to the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this, the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act 1947*. ”. 11 Section 6(2) of the *Superannuation and Family Benefits Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1964* (No. 101 of 1964) reads as follows — “ (2) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection of this section shall operate and have effect, and shall be deemed to have operated and to have had effect, from and including the first day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-four. ”.