Section 196

Every assignment of, and every charge on, and every agreement to assign or charge, any deferred pay, or military reward payable to a serviceman or any pension, allowance or relief payable to the serviceman, the serviceman’s wife, widow, child or other dependant, or to any person in respect of any military service, is void, except so far as the same is made pursuant to any regulations made under this Act for the benefit of the family of the person entitled thereto, or as may be authorised by any written law.