No. 4/1953:

CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACT, 1953

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Principal Act.

2 Increase of service pensions and disability pensions.

3 Termination of suspensions.

4 Short title and collective citation.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACTS, 1936 AND 1948.

[18th March, 1953.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

1.—In this Act "the Principal Act" means the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936 (No. 37 of 1936).

2.—(1) A pension to which this section applies shall be increased by fifty per cent.

(2) An increase under this section shall commence as from the 1st day of January, 1953.

(3) This section applies to—

( a ) a service pension payable under the Principal Act, and

( b ) a disability pension so payable.

3.—(1) Subsection (1) of section 18 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.

(2) This section shall have effect as on and from the 1st day of January, 1953.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1953 .

(2) The Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, 1936 and 1948 and this Act may be cited together as the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, 1936 to 1953.