Section 44: Payment to widow
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
44. Payment to widow
Notwithstanding any other enactment, where the total amount payable as
a lump sum under section 37 or 42 does not exceed 100,000 rupees—
(a) the Board may consider the widow of a member as being the
sole person legally entitled to that amount;
(b) the payment of that amount to the widow shall constitute a valid
and effective discharge in favour of the Board; and
(c) the Board shall not be required to effect any further payment to
any other person in respect of the member.
[S. 44 amended by s. 35 (10) (h) of Act 20 of 2001 w.e.f. 17 September 2001.]