National Health Insurance and Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1936

PART III.

Amendments of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935.

Amendment of section 13 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , in respect of certain existing soldiers of the Permanent Force.

17.—Where a person is serving as a soldier in the Permanent Force on the 6th day of January, 1936, and such person continuously served as such soldier for an unbroken period ending on the 5th day of January, 1936, and such person is on the 6th day of January, 1936, a person insurable at the Army rate, within the meaning of Part II of this Act, then for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935)—

(a) contributions under the said Act shall be deemed to have been paid in respect of him for every week in such period, and

(b) every such week shall be deemed to be a week which has elapsed since the date of his last entry into insurance.