Kilmainham Hospital (Pensions Commutation) Act 1813
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1813 c. 154 |
| Year | 1813 |
(53 Geo. 3) C A P. CLIV.
[20th July 1813]
'WHEREAS since the Establishment of the Militia ofIreland , certain yearly Pensions have from time to time been paid under the Direction of the Governors of the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham to Non Commissioned Officers and Privates who had served in the said Militia and had been discharged therefrom, but who, according to the Terms of the several Acts of Parliament made in that Behalf respectively, were not by Law entitled to receive the same: And whereas the said Payments have been made bona fide under an Opinion that the same were warranted and required by Law, and the several Persons who have so received such yearly Pensions having been led thereby to expect and rely on the Continuance thereof respectively as a Provision for Life, have become chiefly, if not entirely, dependent thereon for their future Support; it is therefore expedient that the Payment of the said Pensions should be confirmed and continued;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all and every Payment and Paymentswhich shall or may have been made at any time before the passing of this Act, by or under the Direction or Authority of the said Governors, or of any Committee or Committees thereof, or of any One or more of the said Governors authorized, empowered or appointed to act for or on behalf of the whole, to any Person or Persons who had served in theIrish Militia, as or for a Pension or Provision for or in respect of such Service, shall be and be deemed and taken to be good, valid and lawful, and shall be allowed and credited as such to the Person or Persons making the same; any thing in any Act or Acts of Parliament in force in Ireland to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithstanding.
II Pensions to Militia Men confirmed.
II. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the passing of this Act, every Person who shall have served in and been discharged from theIrish Militia, and to whom any such Pension shall have been...
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