Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937
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Amendment of section 3 of the Principal Act. |
4.— Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following sub-section in lieu of sub-section (1) now contained therein, and the Principal Act and section 18 of the National Health Insurance and Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1936 (No. 12 of 1936), shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | |
“(1) In this Act— | ||
the word ‘child’ includes a step-child, and in relation to a man, an illegitimate child, either of himself or his wife, who was living with him at the time of his death; | ||
the word ‘orphan’ includes (in addition to a child both of whose parents are dead) an illegitimate child whose mother is dead and whose father is unknown.” |