21Payment of war gratuity before due date

21 Payment of war gratuity before due date

In the case of a war gratuity credited in the Register of War Gratuities to the account of: (a) any person, where the amount credited to that person is less than Twenty dollars; or (b) the spouse of a member; or (c) the widowed mother or widowed father of an unmarried deceased member; or (d) the mother or father of a deceased member, or an older sister or brother of a deceased member who acted as a parent to the member, if a prescribed authority is satisfied that she or he was totally dependent on the member at the time of the member’s death or is in needy circumstances; or (e) a member who is found by a prescribed authority to be blind or totally or permanently incapacitated; and in such other cases as are prescribed, payment in whole or in part may, at the discretion of a prescribed authority, be made at any time after the date of entitlement.