Army Pensions Act, 1937

Death of applicant for pension or gratuity after grant by Minister but before sanction of Minister for Finance.

48.—Where—

(a) the Minister has proposed to grant (whether before on or after the date of the passing of this Act) a pension or gratuity under the Acts, or has proposed to grant a pension under the Acts as amended by Part III or Part IV of this Act, and

(b) the person to whom the Minister proposed to grant such pension or gratuity dies after such proposal has been submitted to the Minister for Finance but before such proposal has been sanctioned by him, and

(c) such person was at the date of his death living in the house of the individual by whom such person was being supported in whole or in part,

the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—

(i) in the case of any such pension, the Minister may, if he thinks proper, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, pay to such individual a sum not exceeding the amount which would, at the date of such person's death, have accrued due on foot of such pension, if the grant of such pension had been sanctioned by the Minister for Finance on the date on which the Minister proposed to grant such pension,

(ii) in the case of any such gratuity, the Minister may, if he thinks fit, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, pay to such individual a sum not exceeding the amount which would have been payable on foot of such gratuity, if the grant of such gratuity had been sanctioned by the Minister for Finance on the date on which the Minister proposed to grant such gratuity.