Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE FORCE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1973 No. 86 of 1973 - SECT 49

49. (1) On the death of a pensioner who is survived by a widow, there shall be
paid to the widow-

   (a)  if the pensioner, at the time of his death, was in receipt of a
        pension, being invalidity benefit, and the Board is satisfied that his
        death was due to the disease or injury which was the cause of his
        retirement-a pension at the rate at which a pension would be paid to
        her if section 48 applied; or

   (b)  in any other case-a pension at the rate equal to five-eighths of the
        rate of the pension that was payable to the pensioner at the time of
        his death.

(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the pension payable to the widow of a
male pensioner shall, in any case where the male pensioner had commuted any
portion of his pension, be calculated upon the rate of pension that would have
been payable to the male pensioner at the time of his death if no portion of
his pension had been commuted.