Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1949

Number 21 of 1949.

MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 21 of 1949.

MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1949.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20 OF THE MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES ACT, 1938 . [30th July, 1949.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

Amendment of section 20 of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938.

1.—Subsection (1) of section 20 of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 (No. 38 of 1938), is hereby amended in the following respects—

(a) by the insertion at the end of paragraph (d) of the following—

“(dd) a person, who died on or after the date of the passing of this Act and held a qualifying office at the date of his death, would not, if he had ceased to hold such office on that date, have been entitled at that date to a pension,”

(b) by the insertion at the end of paragraph (e) of the words “or, if such person is a person to whom paragraph (dd) of this subsection applies, a pension (in this Act also referred to as a widow's pension) at the rate of, in case such person held a ministerial office at the date of his death, one hundred and fifty pounds per annum or, in case such person held a secretarial office at the date of his death, one hundred pounds per annum”.

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2.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1949.

(2) The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 and 1947, and this Act may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1949.

(3) This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on, and shall have effect as on and from, the 22nd day of December, 1938.