Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1949
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Increase of certain wound pensions under section 12 of the Act of 1927. |
8.—(1) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to an officer shall be increased in accordance with the provisions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act. | |
(2) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a soldier who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and who at the date of his discharge was suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces other than during the emergency period shall, in lieu of being payable at the rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of Part II of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1927 which are applicable to his case, be payable at the increased rate specified in that behalf in those provisions of the Fourth Schedule to this Act which are applicable to his case. | ||
(3) A wound pension granted under subsection (1) of section 12 of the Act of 1927 to a solider who was discharged from the forces before the 30th day of July, 1949, and was at the date of his discharge from the forces suffering from a disablement due to a wound attributable to service in the forces during the emergency period and which under the Acts is payable at the rate mentioned in column (2) of the Second Schedule to this Act at any reference number shall be paid at the increased rate mentioned in column (3) of the said Second Schedule at that reference number. |