Army Pensions Act, 1923

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Date on which wound pension is to commence.

4.—(1) Save as is otherwise provided in this section a wound pension shall commence on the date on which the officer or soldier to whom the same is granted was discharged from the forces.

(2) Where an officer or soldier was discharged from the forces before the passing of this Act and has since his discharge been in receipt of any allowance from the Minister whether for himself or his dependants, the wound pension payable to such officer or soldier shall commence on the date on which such allowance has ceased or shall cease.

(3) Any wound pension granted to a person who was wounded before the 1st day of April, 1922, shall commence on the 1st day of April, 1922, unless such person became a member of the forces and was discharged therefrom after the 1st day of April, 1922, in which case the pension shall commence from the date of his discharge from the forces.