Army Pensions Act, 1927

Definition of “married man.”

22.—(1) A person shall be a married man for the purposes of this Act from the date of his marriage until the happening of whichever of the following events first happens and (save as is hereinafter provided) no longer, that is to say, his own death, the death of his wife, the lawful annulment of the marriage, or the lawful dissolution of the marriage.

(2) A person who served in the forces shall be a married man for the purposes of this Act for so long after the death of his wife or the lawful annulment or lawful dissolution of his marriage as he lives and has a child living who, in the case of a person who was an officer immediately before his discharge from the forces, is a son under the age of eighteen years or a daughter under the age of twenty-one years or, in the case of a person who was a soldier immediately before his discharge from the forces, is a son under the age of sixteen years or a daughter under the age of eighteen years.

(3) A person who did not serve in the forces but was a member of the Irish Volunteers or of the Irish Citizen Army shall be a married man for the purposes of this Act for so long after the death of his wife or the lawful annulment or lawful dissolution of his marriage as he lives and has children who, in the case of any such person whose disability pension is payable under this Act at the rate appropriate to an officer, is a son under the age of eighteen years or a daughter under the age of twenty-one years, or, in the case of any such person whose disability pension is payable under this Act at the rate appropriate to a soldier, is a son under the age of sixteen years or a daughter under the age of eighteen years.