Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsFailure to maintain child
| 22. Where the Director is satisfied that a widower, is in receipt of a pension under this Act has deserved or abandoned, or is failing to maintain or assist, so far as his means allow, a child who; would be entitled on his death to receive pension under this Act, the Director having regard to the circumstance of the case pay to child, or to a fit and proper person on behalf of such child, such portion of the widower's pension as he thinks fit, having regard to the needs of such child ; and the widower shall have no further claim in respect of any portion of his pension so paid. Any, portion of a widower's pension paid under this section to any person on behalf of a child of the widower shall be applied by that person in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Director, for the maintenance, support or benefit of such child. |