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Article 22 Allowances during imprisonment

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Where a person has become entitled, in respect of a period, or any part of a period, during which he is and has continuously been undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody, to sums by way of allowance which, in the aggregate, either

(a)

equal the total amount payable by way of an allowance for a period of one year; or

(b)

together with any sums payable by virtue of any scheme made under section 5 of the Act in respect of such period of imprisonment or detention in legal custody equal the total amount payable by way of such allowances for a period of one year;

then that person shall be disqualified from receiving any further sums by way of allowance in respect of such period or any part thereof.