Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DEFENCE FORCE (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) RETIREMENT BENEFITS ACT 1973 No. 86 of 1973 - SECT 60

60. (1) Where a male pensioner is sentenced to imprisonment for any period
exceeding one month, the Board may cause the whole or part of his pension to
be paid, in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Board directs,
during the period of imprisonment, to his wife, or if his wife is dead or
divorced, for the benefit of such of his children (including adopted children)
as are dependent on him.

(2) Where a female pensioner is sentenced to imprisonment for any period
exceeding one month, the Board may cause the whole or part of her pension, and
of any pension payable to her in respect of children, to be paid, in such
manner and subject to such conditions as the Board directs, during the period
of imprisonment, for the benefit of such of the children of the pensioner, and
such of the children of her late husband (including children who were adopted
by him and were dependent on him immediately before his death), as are
dependent on her.