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15 1937

ARMY PENSIONS ACT, 1937

PART II.

Allowances to relatives of Signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916.

Allowances to relatives of signatories to the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916.

3. —(1) There shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas—

(a) to the widow (if any) of a Signatory, an annual allowance of five hundred pounds during her life, and

(b) to each son and daughter (if any) of a Signatory, an annual allowance of two hundred pounds payable until he or she shall either attain the age of twenty-five years or die under that age, and

(c) to each sister of a Signatory, an annual allowance of one hundred pounds during her life.

(2) Each allowance under this section shall commence on the date of the passing of this Act and shall be payable monthly in arrear during the period for which it is payable.

(3) Where a person entitled to an allowance under this section is immediately before the date of the passing of this Act in receipt of an allowance under the Acts, such last mentioned allowance shall cease to be payable as on and from the date of the passing of this Act.

(4) In this section the word “Signatory” means a person who signed the Proclamation published on Easter Monday, 1916.