Widow’s pension

(1) Where a person dies while he is Governor-General or while he is entitled to receive Governor-General’s pension, (a) if he leaves, (i) a widow but no entitled child; or (ii) a widow and entitled children by such widow only, 10 Governor-General (Conditions of Service) the widow shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, be paid a pension at an annual rate of two-thirds of the highest rate of pension paid to such person under section 8; (b) if he leaves a widow and any entitled child by a previous marriage only, the widow shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3), be paid a pension at one-half the annual rate specified in paragraph (a) until there is no such entitled child and thereafter a pension at the full rate so specified. (2) A widow mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall not be entitled to receive and shall not be paid pension under this section in respect of any period after she becomes Governor-General or Prime Minister. (3) Where the Minister is satisfied that the widow of a former Governor-General has, while receiving a pension under this section, deserted or abandoned, or failed to maintain or assist in maintaining as far as her means allow, an entitled child, (a) of her marriage with that former Governor- General; and (b) whom she is bound by law to maintain, the Minister may cause to be paid to such child, until he or she dies or ceases to be an entitled child, such portion of the pension payable to the widow under this section as he thinks fit, and the widow shall have no further claim in respect of the portion of pension so paid.