Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act, 1938

Extension of meaning of expression “officer of the Forces.”

2.—For the purposes of the Principal Act, the meaning of the expression “officer of the Forces” is hereby extended so as to include—

(a) a person who was an officer of the Forces at any time during the period commencing on the 16th day of December, 1932, and ending on the 26th day of October, 1937, and who, during such period and while he was such officer, was appointed to be a member of the Gárda Síochána, and

(b) a person who died between the 16th day of December, 1932, and the 26th day of October, 1937, and who was, at the date of his death, serving as an officer of the Forces, and

(c) a person who died on the 12th day of January, 1935, and who resigned his commission as an officer of the Forces on the 11th day of January, 1935.