Section 17: Eligible children without guardian
consolidated text (as at 2012). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
17. Eligible children without guardian
Where a pension accrues to an eligible child who has no guardian, the
Board may appoint a fit and proper person to receive the pension and apply it
to the best interest of the child, to give a valid discharge for its payment,
and the person so appointed by the Board shall be deemed, to all intents and
purposes in connection with that pension, to be the guardian of the child.