Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936

Application of pensions, etc., in certain cases.

13.—(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any person, who is in receipt of a service pension, a wound pension, or a disability pension, is under a legal obligation to maintain his wife and children or any of them and is neglecting to fulfil such obligation, such pension may, if and whenever and for so long as the Minister so directs, in lieu of being paid to such person, be paid to his wife or applied, in such manner as the Minister thinks fit, for the benefit of his child or children.

(2) A dependant's allowance payable to a child under the age of sixteen who is not an orphan shall be payable to the mother of such child, but the Minister may from time to time direct that such allowance shall, in lieu of being paid to the mother of such child, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the child.

(3) A dependant's allowance payable to an orphan child under the age of sixteen years shall be paid to such person as the Minister may from time to time direct for the benefit of the child.