62Imprisonment of pensioner

62 Imprisonment of pensioner

(1) Where a male pensioner is sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding one month, the Board may cause his pension or any part thereof, 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 the children of himself or of his late wife as are under the age of sixteen years or are student children. (2) Where a female pensioner is sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding one month, the Board may cause her pension or any part thereof, and 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, or of her late husband, as are under the age of sixteen years or are student children.