1988 Ed.]
Pension Benefits
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(a) in the case of a male child—
(i) at the age of 18 years unless at the time he attains that age he is receiving full-time education;
(ii) at the time at which he has since attaining the age of 18 years ceased to receive continuous full-time education:
Provided that a dependant pension that has ceased under this subparagraph may be paid again during the period when the full-time education is resumed; or
(iii) at the age of 23 years,
whichever first occurs;
(b) in the case of a female child--- (i) on her marriage;
(ii) at the age of 21 years unless at the time she attains that age she is receiving full-time education;
(iii) at the time at which she has since attaining the age of 21 years ceased to receive continuous full-time education:
Provided that a dependant pension that has ceased under this subparagraph may be paid again during the period when the full-time education is resumed; or
(iv) at the age of 23 years,
whichever first occurs.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), “pensionable emoluments" includes pensionable emoluments enjoyed or drawn.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4)—
(a) "full-time education" means full-time education at any university, college, school or other educational establishment recognized as such by the Director of Education; and
(b) a child on normal university, college, school or other educational establishment holidays or awaiting for a normal period for admission to a university, college, school or other educational establishment is receiving full-time education.
(7) For the purposes of this section-
(a) where an officer contracts a marriage and by reason of the form thereof the officer is or becomes lawfully married to more than one woman at the same time, "wife" (without prejudice to the definition of “wife” in section 2) means the woman whom such officer first married:
Provided that in the event of any wife eligible for a dependant pension under this section ceasing to be so eligible and at the same time of such cessation the officer was lawfully married as aforesaid to another wife or other wives the officer shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to have become a widower at the time of such cessation and simultaneously to have married the woman who at such time was his wife and whom he married first after his marriage to the wife who has ceased to be eligible as aforesaid;