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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 1, 1942
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16. Disability pensions shall be payable quarterly in arrears : payment.
Provided that if the Claims Officer considers that this course may
result in hardship in any particular case he may order that the pension
shall be payable monthly in arrears.
17. (1) Where a person to whom a disability pension has been ofawaid^on 1
awarded, fails to draw that pension for a continuous period of not less draw
than twelve months, the Claims Officer shall cancel the award, and no
payment of the arrears of that pension shall be made.
(#) Where a person, to whom a lump sum payment has been awarded
under sub-clause (2) of clause 14 fails to draw that sum within tw r elve
months from the date of the award, the Claims Officer shall cancel the
award and no further claim to pension or to lump sum payment shall be
entertained :
Provided that if the Claims Officer is satisfied that there were good
and sufficient reasons for the failure referred to in sub-clause (1) of this
sub-clause, he may condone the failure.
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18. When a person w r ho, but for the provisions of clause 30 of this ^eatowhich
Scheme, should have been entitled to be awarded a disability pension, clause^)
reaches the age of fifteen, he shall then become entitled to be awarded a a
disability pension, the amount of the award being based on his disablement
as assessed at the time he reached the age of fifteen.
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PART IV.
Family Pensions and Children’s Allowances.
19. (1) When a person dies as the result of a qualifying injury, there and '
shall be payable, in accordance wdtb the following provisions of this children's
Scheme ' allowances
ooueiue purpose and
amount.
(a) to one surviving eligible member of his family a pension, in this
Scheme referred to as a family pension, and
(b) to each of his legitimate children an allowance in this Scheme
referred to as a child’s allowance.
(2) A family pension, though payable to one surviving eligible member
of a family only, is intended for the support of all surviving eligible
members of the family.
(3) The amount of a family pension shall, subject to the provisions
of clause 32 of this Scheme, be eight rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. monthly.
(4) The amount of the child’s allowance shall, subject to the provisions
of clause 32 of this Scheme, be two rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. monthly for each child so long
as a family pension continues to be paid to any surviving eligible member
of the family, and three rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. monthly for each child if no family pen
sion is being paid.
(•5) If the person to whom a family pension is payable is a minor,
the pension shall be paid for the benefit of the eligible members of the
family to the legal guardian of such a person.
(6) A child’s allowance payable to a minor child shall, unless the
Claims Officer otherwise directs, be paid for the benefit of the child to
the person to whom the family pension under the award is payable, or
if such person is himself a minor or if no family pension is payable under
the award, to the legal guardian of the child.
20. “Eligible member of a family’’ means, in relation to a person Member# of a
dying as the result of a qualifying injury, — ^eligible.
(i) his widow lawfully married by a valid ceremony;
(ii) his father;
(iii) his mother;
(iv) a legitimate son but not an adopted son;
(v) a legitimate daughter but not an adopted daughter;
provided in each case that none of the conditions necessary for eligibility
under clause 21 is infringed.
21. The following are the conditions governing the eligibility of the Condition# of
five classes of persons mentioned in clause 20:— •Ugibility.
(1) A widow shall not be eligible if she remarries, unless such marriage
is with her deceased husband’s brother and she continues to live a com
munal life with, or to contribute to the support of, other living eligible
members.