3. An employee contributing to a pension plan must, to benefit by this Act, elect in favour of the Plan by sending a notice to that effect to the Commission in the manner provided by regulation, within the time limit fixed in section 8 of the said Plan.
Paragraph e of section 9 of the said Plan does not apply to an employee to whom a pension becomes payable between the date his notice is sent and the date his election, determined by the said section, becomes effective. In such a case, the Plan applies from the date on which the pension is payable.
An employee contributing to a pension plan must, to benefit by this Act, notwithstanding the fact that his employer is not contemplated by the Plan, elect in favour of the said Plan in accordance with the first paragraph.
A teaching religious laicized after 1 July 1978 who is contributing to a pension plan must, to benefit by this Act, elect in favour of the Plan by giving the notice provided for in the first paragraph within twelve months of his being laicized.