Paragraph 5 Reduction of increases where qualifying dates occur during the period of contributory service
For the purposes of paragraph 4 the date in relation to each Table (being the date before which, in terms of paragraph 2, contributions must begin to enable the pension to qualify for the increase under that Table) is as follows:—
| Table I | 16 August 1920 |
| Table II | Column 2 date |
| Table III | Column 3 date |
| Table IV | Column 4 date |
| Table V | Column 5 date |
| Table VI | Column 6 date |
| Table VII | Column 7 date |
any blanks in the columns being completed in accordance with paragraph 3; and in the cases of The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone the column 3 date being also used in place of the column 2 date.