Singapore legislation

Section 34

of Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act 1904

Section 34

Where contributor dies leaving a widow and children by 2 or more marriages

If a contributor dies leaving a widow and children of pensionable age by 2 or more marriages —

(a)

the widow shall be entitled to receive one‑third or one‑quarter, as the case may be, of the pension which she would have received, if there had been no child by a previous marriage; and

(b)

the child or children of each previous marriage shall be entitled to receive one‑third or one‑quarter, as the case may be, of the pension which his or their mother would have been entitled to, if she had survived the contributor and there had been no child by any other marriage.