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Payment of widows' pensions.
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33.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a widow's pension shall be paid to the pensioner.
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(2) The Minister may, in his discretion, from time to time direct—
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(a) in the case of a widow's (contributory) pension, which does not include any child's (contributory) allowance, that such pension shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the pensioner's benefit;
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(b) in the case of a widow's (contributory) pension which does not include the widow's (contributory) allowance, that any child's (contributory) allowance which is included in such pension shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the child in respect of whom such child's (contributory) allowance is payable;
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(c) in the case of any widow's (contributory) pension which consists of the widow's (contributory) allowance and any child's (contributory) allowance, that either or both of the following things shall be done:
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(i) that the widow's (contributory) allowance shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the pensioner, and
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(ii) that any child's (contributory) allowance which is included in such pension shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the child in respect of whom such allowance is payable.
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(3) The Minister may, in his discretion, from time to time, direct either—
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(a) that so much of a widow's (non-contributory) pension as is the widow's (non-contributory) allowance shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the pensioner, and that every child's (non-contributory) allowance, being part of such pension, shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the child in respect of whom such allowance is payable, or
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(b) that any child's (non-contributory) allowance, part of a widow's (non-contributory) pension, shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the child in respect of whom such allowance is payable.
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