Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937
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Amendment of section 2 of the Principal Act. |
3.—(1) Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion at the end of the said section of the following additional sub-section and the Principal Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | |
“(3) A child shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be under the appointed age during each of the following periods, that is to say:— | ||
(a) any period during which such child is under the age of fourteen years; | ||
(b) any period, between the day before the date on which such child attains the age of fourteen years and the date on which such child attains the age of sixteen years, during which either— | ||
(i) such child is, or is deemed, in accordance with regulations (which the Minister is hereby authorised to make by order) to be under full-time instruction in a day school, or | ||
(ii) such child is, owing to physical or mental infirmity, neither able to receive full-time instruction in a day school nor to engage in any remunerative occupation.” | ||
(2) The definition of the expression “appointed age” contained in sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed. |