Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937

Amendment of section 29 of the Principal Act.

18.—(1) Nothing contained in section 29 of the Principal Act shall operate to prevent, in the case of a person resident for any period outside Saorstát Eireann—

(a) a pension being granted to or in respect of such person if a claim for such pension was made prior to such person becoming so resident, or

(b) a pension granted by virtue of the immediately preceding paragraph being paid for any period prior to (but net after) such person becoming so resident, or

(c) any arrears of a pension granted to or in respect of such person (being arrears due for a period prior to such person becoming so resident) being paid.

(2) In this section the word “pension” means a pension which is either a contributory pension or a non-contributory pension within the meaning of Part IV of the Principal Act.