Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932
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Return of documents on demand. |
4.—(1) Every person who, by virtue of an alienation or purported alienation declared by this Act to be void, shall have in his possession a document to which this Act applies shall— | |
(a) in the case of any such document issued under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1928, or the Blind Persons Act, 1920 , on demand by a pension officer forthwith deliver such document to such officer or, where no such demand is made by a pension officer, on demand by the owner of such document or his duly authorised agent, forthwith deliver such document to such owner or agent; and | ||
(b) in the case of any other such document, on demand by the owner of such document or his duly authorised agent, forthwith deliver such document to such owner or agent. | ||
(2) Every person who, on a demand being made on him under this section, fails to deliver in accordance with this section a document which he is required by this section so to deliver shall be guilty of an offence under this section. | ||
(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section the court by which he is so convicted may, where the circumstances so require, make such order as the court shall think proper for securing the delivery of the document in respect of which such offence was committed to the owner thereof or, where appropriate, to a pension officer. | ||
(4) In this section the expression “pension officer” means a person appointed under sub-section (4) of section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, to be a pension officer. |