Army Pensions Act, 1927

Allowances and gratuities to dependants in certain other cases.

15.—(1) The several allowances and gratuities specified in the appropriate Part of the Sixth Schedule to this Act may be granted to the widow, children, dependants, and partial dependants of any of the following persons, that is to say:—

(a) every person who while serving in the forces was killed on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 and before the 1st day of October, 1924 in the course of his duty as a member of the forces or in circumstances attributable to his service in the forces, and

(b) every person who while serving in the forces received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 and before the 1st day of October, 1924 a wound attributable to his service in the forces and died before the 1st day of October, 1924 solely from such wound while still serving in the forces, and

(c) every person who while serving in the forces received on or after the 1st day of October, 1923, and before the 1st day of October, 1924 a wound attributable to his service in the forces and was discharged from the forces before the 1st day of October, 1924 and dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) solely from such wound within four years after receiving such wound, and

(d) every person who having served in the forces was discharged therefrom before the 1st day of October, 1924 and dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) while in receipt of a wound pension granted to him under this Act and also of a married pension payable to him under this Act and so dies solely from the wound in respect of which such wound pension was so granted to him.

(2) The several allowances and gratuities specified in the appropriate Part of the Seventh Schedule to this Act may be granted to the widow and children of any of the following persons, that is to say:—

(a) every person who while serving in the forces is killed on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) in the course of his duty as a member of the forces, or in circumstances attributable to his service in the forces, and

(b) every person who while serving in the forces receives on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) a wound attributable to his service in the forces and dies solely from such wound while serving in the forces and so dies on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 but within four years after receiving such wound, and

(c) every person who while serving in the forces receives on or after the 1st day of October, 1923 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) a wound attributable to his service in the forces and, having been discharged from the forces on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 dies solely from such wound within four years after receiving such wound, and

(d) every person who having served in the forces is discharged therefrom on or after the 1st day of October, 1924 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and dies while in receipt of a wound pension granted to him under this Act and also of a married pension payable to him under this Act and so dies solely from the wound in respect of which such wound pension was granted to him.

(3) No allowance or gratuity shall be granted to the widow or a child, dependant, or partial dependant under sub-section (1) of this section or to the widow or a child under sub-section (2) of this section of any person who was killed as a result of any serious negligence or misconduct on his part or whose death was or is due to any serious negligence or misconduct on his part.

(4) No allowance or gratuity shall be granted under sub-section (2) of this section to the widow or a child of any person who was not, if an officer, a married man for the purposes of this Act or, if a soldier, in receipt of marriage allowance as a married soldier at the following time, that is to say, if he was killed while serving in the forces, at the time of his death or, if his death was due to a wound, at the time he received such wound.

(5) Every allowance granted under this section to the widow or a child or dependent of a person who died or was killed before the 1st day of April, 1926 shall commence on that date and every allowance granted under this section to the widow or a child or dependent of a person who dies or is killed on or after the 1st day of April, 1926 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) shall commence on the day after the day on which such person so dies or is killed.

(6) A person's death shall be deemed to be due solely to a wound within the meaning of this section notwithstanding that such death was in part due to or was hastened or contributed to by disease attributable to service in the like forces or body (though not necessarily in the same period) as the service to which such wound is attributable.