Beneficiary undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall be disqualified for receiving any benefit for any period during which he is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal (2) Where the Board is satisfied that a person mentioned in paragraph (1) has a wife or children who, immediately prior to such imprisonment or detention were wholly maintained by him, it may authorize the payment to or in respect of such wife or children of an amount not exceeding one–half of the amount of benefit which would otherwise be payable, during such a period as the Board may allow having regard to the particular circumstances of the case.