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Dependants allowances.
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8.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, there may, on account of the death of any person to whom this section applies, be granted the following allowances, that is to say:—
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(a) to the widow of such person, an allowance (in this Act referred to as a dependant's allowance) payable during widowhood at the rate of ten shillings per week;
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(b) if and so long as there are two or more children of such person under the age of sixteen years—
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(i) to the eldest or elder of such children, an allowance (in this Act also referred to as a dependant's allowance) at the rate of five shillings per week,
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(ii) in case there are three or more such children, to each of such children (other than the eldest) or, in case there are two such children only, to the younger of such children an allowance (in this Act also referred to as a dependant's allowance) at the rate of three shillings per week;
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(c) if and so long as there is one child only of such person under the age of sixteen years, to such child an allowance (in this Act also referred to as a dependant's allowance) at the rate of five shillings per week.
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(2) There may, on account of the death of any person to whom, by virtue of sub-section (4) of this section, this section applies, be granted to the father of such person an allowance (in this Act referred to as a dependant's allowance) payable during his life at the rate of ten shillings per week.
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(3) This section applies to every person who is certified by the Minister—
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(a) to have been a member of the 1st Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, and
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(b) to have joined in the Mutiny, and
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(c) to have been killed in the Mutiny.
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(4) This section also applies to every person who is certified by the Minister—
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(a) to have been a member of the 1st Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, and
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(b) to have joined in the Mutiny, and
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(c) to have been executed in accordance with a sentence passed by the General Court-martial.
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(5) This section also applies to every person—
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(a) who is certified by the Minister—
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(i) to have been a member of the 1st Battalion, the Connaught Rangers, and
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(ii) to have joined in the Mutiny, and
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(iii) to have been sentenced, in consequence of his so joining, by the General Court-martial to death, penal servitude or imprisonment for any term not less than twelve months, and
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(b) who died before the date of the passing of this Act, and
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(c) whose death is certified by the Minister to have been attributable to wound or disease arising out of the Mutiny.
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(6) No dependant's allowance shall be granted under this section to the widow of a person to whom, by virtue of sub-section (5) of this section, this section applies, if the marriage took place after the 30th day of June, 1920.
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(7) No dependant's allowance shall be granted under this section to the child of a person to whom, by virtue of sub-section (5) of this section, this section applies, if the marriage of such person to the mother of such child took place after the 30th day of June, 1920.
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