2. The Army Act, hereinafter referred to as the " principal Act " is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after section 156A (Inserted by Act No, 22 of 1964), of the following new section:-
| 156B. Section 17 of the Defence Force Ordinance, No. 8 of 1910, as amended by Ordinance No. 5 of 1945, which is deemed to be In force by virtue of the provisions of the preceding section of this Act shall, for the purposes of awarding a pension or gratuity to the widow or family of such officer or soldier as is referred to in the aforesaid section 17, be deemed always to have had effect subject to the following amendment, that Is to say, the substitution, for the words " who dies within seven years of sustaining or contracting such wound, injury or disease: " in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of the aforesaid section 17, of the words " who dies as a result of such wound, injury or disease: ". and accordingly a pension or gratuity may be awarded to any such widow or family in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid section 17 as so amended.'. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts