Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1921 🇰🇪

Kenya

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1921

Act 22 of 1921

Commenced on 15 March 1921
[This is the version of this document from 15 March 1921.]

An Act of Parliament to make provision for granting pensions to widows and children of deceased European public officers.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act.

2. Interpretation

(1)In this Act, except where inconsistent with the context—“approved scheme” means a scheme or fund for the granting of pensions to the widows and children of officers in the public service, which has been declared to be an approved scheme for the purposes of this Act;“beneficiary” means—(a)the widow of a contributor;(b)the children of a contributor, by his marriage with any wife dying in his lifetime, who are alive and of a pensionable age at the death of their father;“contributor” means a contributor to the scheme, and includes a person who has ceased to contribute in such circumstances that he continues to rank for bene…

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