Section nineteen AA of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:--
"(4.) Where a widow entitled to a pension under the last preceding section ( o ther than a pension the rate or period of which was reduced under sub-section (5.) or (6.) of that section) dies and is survived by a dependent child under the age of sixteen years, being a child of her late husband or of herself, benefit in accordance with this section is payable in respect of the child.".