Social Welfare Act, 1952

Benefit to be inalienable.

33.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every assignment of, or charge on, benefit, and every agreement to assign or charge benefit, shall be void, and, on the bankruptcy of the beneficiary, the benefit shall not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.

(2) Any sum received by any person by way of benefit shall not be included in calculating his means for the purposes of section 6 of the Debtors Act (Ireland), 1872.