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Allowances to certain widows and children (service with United Nations Force).
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11.—(1) Where before or after the passing of this Act—
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(a) a person either dies while serving in the forces or, having been discharged from the forces, dies within eight years after such discharge and was not granted a pension under the Acts,
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(b) that person was, in the case of an officer, a married man for the purposes of the Acts or, if a soldier, in receipt of marriage allowance as a married soldier at the following time:—
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(i) in case he died while serving in the forces—at the time of his death,
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(ii) in case he died after having been discharged from the forces—immediately before such discharge, and
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(c) that person's death was due to disease aggravated, accelerated or excited by—
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(i) a wound or disease attributable to service with a United Nations Force, or
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(ii) service with a United Nations Force,
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the Minister may grant to the widow and children of that person the several allowances and gratuities specified in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1962.
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(2) Every application for an allowance under this section shall be made before the expiration of twelve months after the date of the passing of this Act or before the expiration of twelve months after the relevant death, whichever is the later.
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