# Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act 1883, Paragraph 9


Where a constable has died from some cause which, if it had only incapacitated him for the performance of his duty, would have entitled him to a pension for life, the pension to his widow and the allowances to his childrenshall be according to the following scale:
(a) the pension to the widow shall be an annual sum equal to one tenth of the constable’s pay or the sum of ten pounds, whichever is the larger; and
(b) the allowance to each child shall be an annual sum equal to one fiftieth of the constable’s pay or two pounds ten shillings, whichever is the larger.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/46-47/14/schedule/II/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/constabulary-and-police-ireland-act-1883/schedule-II/paragraph-9
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