22(1)Despite section 21, a member who has to his or her credit eight or more sessions of pensionable service and who ceased to be a member before April 1, 2008, may elect, before attaining fifty-five years of age, to receive a reduced supplementary allowance calculated in accordance with section 21, reduced by
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12 of 1% for each month by which the commencement date of the reduced supplementary allowance precedes his or her fifty-fifth birthday.