Section 14: Contributions to Fund

14. Contributions to Fund (1) For the purposes of this Act, every bus operator and every employee, other than a retired employee, shall make a monthly contribution to the Fund according to the rates prescribed in the First Schedule. (2) Any employee who wishes to benefit from any scheme set up under section 4 (b) shall pay in such manner and such contribution as may be prescribed into such special fund as the Fund may set up. (3) The employee's monthly contributions shall be deducted from his earnings and paid to the Fund by every bus operator. (4) There shall be no monthly contributions in respect of a retired employee. (5) Every bus operator shall pay the monthly contributions to the Fund within 20 days from the end of a completed month and accompany such payment by a statement in the form set out in the Second Schedule. (6) Every bus operator shall, whenever so required, submit to the Fund a return in the form specified in the Third Schedule. (7) Every bus operator shall, whenever so required by the Fund or by an employee for the purposes of the Act, supply to the Fund or to the employee a certificate in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule. (8) Notwithstanding the contributions paid under subsection (2), the Fund may, out of the General Fund, pay into any special fund such amount, as it may consider necessary in order to meet the objectives of the special fund.