FAMILY PENSION

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(1) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1) of section 16 dies, there shall be paid a Family Pension at the rate of Rupees Three Thousand per month to his or her legal heirs subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act. Explanation - For the purposes of this section "family" means the following relatives of the deceased member, namely :--
- (a) wife or husband;
- (b) minor son; and
- (c) unmarried minor daughter.
(2) The family pension admissible under sub-section (1) shall be paid in the following order, --
- (a) wife or husband; and
- (b) the eldest amongst the minor sons or the unmarried minor daughters, where the deceased member has no surviving spouse. Provided that where the recipient of the Family Pension dies or marries or ceases to be a minor, the pension payable shall there after be paid to the person next lower in the order of preference.
(3) Not more than one spouse is included in the family for the purposes of this section.
(4) The provisions of sub-sections (2),
(3) and (5) of section 17 shall mutatis mutandis be applicable in respect of Family Pension.

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