Section 4: Conditions for receipt of allowances

4. Conditions for receipt of allowances Subject to this Act, every claimant shall, in order to be entitled to receive an allowance, satisfy the following conditions— (a) he has a family of 3 or more children; (b) he is in Mauritius; (c) in the case of a person not born in any of the islands under the jurisdiction of the State of Mauritius, other than a woman whose deceased husband had been in receipt of an allowance, he (or, where the person is living together with his wife, either of them) has resided in Mauritius for a period of at least 2 years immediately before the month in respect of which the allowance is claimed; (d) he is not disqualified from receiving the allowance under this Act; (e) he makes a claim in the form provided by the benefit authority or in such manner as that authority may accept as sufficient in his case, and produces such documents, information and evidence as the determining authority may require for the purpose of determining the claim, and attends for that purpose at such office or place as the benefit authority may direct; (f) his yearly income does not exceed the prescribed amount; and [Issue 1] F3 – 2 (g) no child’s allowance or orphan’s pension is payable under the National Pensions Act in respect of the child for whom an allowance is claimed.