Army Pensions Act, 1937
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PART IV. Amendment of Part II of the Army Pensions Act, 1932. | ||
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Amendment of section 8 of the Act of 1932. |
15.—(1) Sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act of 1932 is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following paragraph in lieu of paragraph (d) now contained therein, and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | |
“(d) whether there is any evidence that such person contracted any disease during his military service, and, if so, the particulars of such evidence, and, if such person is dead, the date of his death, and”. | ||
(2) Section 8 of the Act of 1932 is hereby amended by the insertion therein of the following two sub-sections in lieu of sub-section (2) now contained therein and the said section shall be construed and have effect and be deemed always to have had effect accordingly, that is to say:— | ||
“(2) Every certificate (in this Act referred to as a service certificate) issued by the Registration Board to the Minister in pursuance of this section shall be in the prescribed form and shall, subject to any variation of such certificate made by the Registration Board under sub-section (3) of this section, be final and conclusive evidence of the matters of fact certified therein. | ||
(3) The Minister may, on the ground that evidence not available prior to the issue of such certificate has since become available, at any time request the Registration Board to review any service certificate, and thereupon the Registration Board shall review such certificate and may, after such review, either, as they think proper, confirm or vary such certificate.” |