Social Welfare Act, 1970

Amendment of section 31 of Act of 1952 (absence from the State or imprisonment).

12.—Section 31 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection :

“(5) Regulations for the purposes of this section may be so framed as to make payment of death grant, invalidity pension and retirement pension subject to any specified conditions, limitations or restrictions and, in particular, in the case of persons absent from the State, may modify the periods which may be regarded for the purposes of section 25D of this Act as periods of retirement.”