Number 17/1957: CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACT, 1957

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Number 17 of 1957.

CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACT, 1957.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Increase of service pensions and disability pensions.
2.	Short title and collective citation.

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Number 17 of 1957.

CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACT, 1957.

AN ACT TO INCREASE RETROSPECTIVELY SERVICE PENSIONS AND DISABILITY PENSIONS PAYABLE UNDER THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS (PENSIONS) ACTS, 1936 TO 1953. [18th July, 1957.]

		BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
[GA]	Increase of service pensions and disability pensions.	1. —(1) A pension to which this section applies shall be increased by fifteen per cent.
[GA]		(2) This section applies to—
[GA]		(a) a service pension payable under the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, 1936 to 1953, and
[GA]		(b) a disability pension so payable.
[GA]		(3) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1956, and an increase under this section shall have effect from that date.
[GA]	Short title and collective citation.	2. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1957.
[GA]		(2) The Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, 1936 to 1953, and this Act may be cited together as the Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts, 1936 to 1957.