Army Pensions Act, 1937

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Number 15 of 1937.

ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1937.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section
1.	Short title and citation.
2.	Definitions.

PART II

Allowances to relatives of Signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916

3.	Allowances to relatives of signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916.

PART III

Amendment of the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, and Part III of the Army Pensions Act, 1932

PART IV

Amendment of Part II of the Army Pensions Act, 1932

PART V

Disability pensions in respect of disablements due to disease attributable to service where disability is less than eighty per cent. and not less than fifty per cent

26.	Disability pensions in respect of disablements due to disease attributable to service where disability is less than 80 per cent. and not less than 50 per cent.

PART VI

Pensions in respect of disablements due to wounds or disease aggravated by military service

27.	Assessment of degree of disablement.
28.	Pensions to former members of the forces in respect of wounds or disease aggravated, etc., by service.
29.	Pensions to members of organisations to which Part II of the Act of 1932 applies in respect of wounds or disease aggravated, etc., by service.
30.	Provisions in relation to applications for pensions under Part VI.
31.	Report by Army Pensions Board on applications for pensions under Part VI.
32.	Commencement of pensions under Part VI.
33.	Application of certain sections of Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, in respect of pensions under Part VI.

PART VII

Special dependants' allowances and special gratuities

34.	Deceased persons in respect of whom this Part of this Act applies.
35.	“Dependant relatives”.
36.	Yearly means of dependant relatives.
37.	Allowance to certain relatives of deceased members of organisations to which Part II of the Act of 1932 applies.
38.	Applications for dependants' allowances.
39.	Reference of applications for dependants' allowances to the Military Service Registration Board and the Army Pensions Board.
40.	Revision of dependants' allowances.

41.	Ex-gratia payment to certain persons wounded or injured.
42.	Applications for special gratuities.
43.	Reference of applications for special gratuities to the Army Pensions Board.

44.	Report by Army Pensions Board on applications for dependants' allowances and special gratuities.
45.	Application of certain sections of Acts of 1923 and 1927.

PART VIII

Miscellaneous Provisions

46.	Restriction on application for gratuities under the Acts in respect of deceased persons.
47.	Conclusiveness of certain findings of the Army Pensions Board.
48.	Death of applicant for pension or gratuity after grant by Minister but before sanction of Minister for Finance.
49.	Evidence of refusal of applications for pensions, etc.
50.	Time limit for prosecutions.

SCHEDULE

Acts Referred to
Army Pensions Act, 1923	No. 26 of 1923
Army Pensions Act, 1927	No. 12 of 1927
Army Pensions Act, 1932	No. 24 of 1932

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Number 15 of 1937.

ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1937.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE ARMY PENSIONS ACTS, 1923 TO 1932. [2nd June, 1937.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:—

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