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DEFENCE FORCES RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1948 - SECT 65

General provisions as to pensions

  (1)   Except where otherwise provided in this Act, a pension shall be payable during the life of the person entitled thereto.

  (2)   Pension in respect of a child shall be payable only while the child is an eligible child.

  (4)   Where a male pensioner marries after his retirement, pension shall not, upon the death of the pensioner, be payable to the widow or in respect of any child of the marriage.

  (5)   Where:

  (a)   a male pensioner again becomes a member and Part   VIB does not apply to him or Part   VIB applies to him but he is a person to or in relation to whom subsection   82G(5), (7) or (10) applies--the reference in subsection   (4) to the retirement of a pensioner shall be read as a reference to his retirement before he again became a member; and

  (b)   a male pensioner again becomes a member but paragraph   (a) does not apply in relation to him--the reference in subsection   (4) to the retirement of a pensioner shall be read as a reference to his retirement after he again became a member.



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