Section 12: Voluntary coverage.

(1)
Where an employer has in his service less workers than the number for the time being prescribed (whether the workers have previously been subject to this Act or not) he may, if a majority of the workers who are not exempted signify their desire in writing to become subject to this Act, at any time apply to the Director in writing to bring the workers under the provisions of this Act; and the application if approved shall have effect from such date as the Director may determine and the employer and the workers shall have and be subject to the same rights and obligations under this Act as if the employer had in his service not less than the number of workers prescribed.
(2)
Where a majority of the workers to whom this section applies desire in writing to cease to be subject to this Act, the employer may apply to the Director for exemption and the workers shall cease to be subject to this Act from such date not being later than three months from the date of the application as may be reasonable. If an employer obtains the consent in writing of his workers or any of them under this subsection by duress or undue influence, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3)
Any member of the Fund who for any reason ceases to be affected by this Act, may apply to the Director for approval to continue to be subject to this Act; and if approved, the member of the Fund shall make consecutive monthly payments of an amount not less than the worker's contribution nor more than the joint contributions of the employer and the worker for each period, computed at the rate for a completed month immediately before the date when the member of the Fund ceased to be subject to this Act.
(4)
Any missionary society desirous of becoming subject to this Act in respect of any missionary may at any time apply to the Director in writing together with a copy of the resolution passed by it and duly certified as required by the rules of the missionary society; and if the Director is satisfied he shall notify the missionary society accordingly, and the missionary society shall on receipt of the notice be deemed to be an employer of its missionaries for the purposes of this Act.
(5)
For the purposes of this section-
"missionary society" includes any clerk in holy orders, minister of religion or person acting as a missionary;
"missionary society" includes any church or religious body by whom a missionary is paid.