Should the widow of any public officer cease to assist or desert or abandon children who would be entitled on her death to draw pension, and who may be in a state of poverty or destitution, the Directors may, in their discretion, pay to the guardian of such children, such proportion of the pension as they may think fit in each case.
Such payments shall be considered as final. And the widow shall have no further claim on the Directors in respect thereof. This section shall apply to any cases of desertion that may have occurred before the passing of this Ordinance.
32. No pension payable from the fund shall be assigned or transferred, and every assignment or transfer shall be absolutely null and void and of no effect. No such pension shall be attached or levied upon or arrested or taken in execution on account of any debt or payment due by the person to whom such pension is payable.
[Ibid, s. 36.]
33. Should any question arise as to whether any person is a public officer within the meaning of this Ordinance, or as to whether any person is entitled to any pension as the widow or child of a public officer, or as to the amount of pension to which any widow or child shall be entitled, or as to the meaning or construction to be assigned to any section of this Ordinance, or to any rule or regulation made under the provisions thereof, it shall be lawful for the directors, and such directors are required, upon the application of any such public officer, widow, or child, to submit such question for decision to the Governor; and the decision of the Governor thereon, with the advice of the Executive Council, shall be final.
[Ibid, s. 9.]
34. No widow of a public officer, whose marriage was contracted after he had ceased to contribute, and no child of such marriage shall be entitled to any pension.
[Ibid, s. 26 (2).]
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