A Council may apply part of a person’s pension towards the maintenance of his wife or children

(1) Where an order of maintenance has been made by a court of competent jurisdiction against an officer to whom a pension has been granted, the Council in whose service the officer was appointed may, on its being proved to it that there is no reasonable probability of the order being satisfied, from time to time deduct from the monies payable to the officer by way of pension such sum or sums as the Council may think expedient, and apply the same to satisfy wholly or in part the maintenance order. (2) Where an officer to whom a pension has been granted has left Belize and deserted and left his wife or child within Belize without sufficient means of support, the Council in whose service the officer was appointed, on being satisfied that the wife or child is by reason of the officer’s absence from Belize unable, and would but for the absence be able, to obtain an order of maintenance, may from time to time deduct from the monies payable to such officer by way of pension such sum or sums as the Council may think expedient, and may apply it for the maintenance and support of the wife or child. 37 (3) Where an officer to whom a pension has been granted has been adjudicated a person of unsound mind and has a wife or a child or children living, the Council in whose service the officer was appointed may deduct from the monies payable to such officer by way of pension such sum or sums as it may think expedient and apply it for the maintenance and support of the wife or any child or children of the officer.