Pensions and Yeomanry Pay Act 1884
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1884 c. 55 |
Pensions and Yeomanry Pay Act, 1884
(47 & 48 Vict.) CHAPTER 55.
An Act to make further provision with regard to the Pensions of Soldiers, and to the Pay and Pensions of the Yeomanry, and for other purposes.
[14th August 1884]
B E it enacted by the Queen'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, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as thePensions and Yeomanry Pay Act, 1884.
2 Royal order as to soldiers pensions and to pay and pensions of the Yeomanry.
(1)2.—(1.) On and after the commencement of this Act it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to make, and when made to revoke and vary, orders relating to pensions of soldiers, and to the pay and pensions of the Yeomanry, including the commutation of pensions, the restoration of forfeited pensions, and the award and payment of bath such pay and pensions as aforesaid.
(2) (2.) Every order so made shall forthwith after it is made be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and shall notwithstanding anything in any other Act have effect as if enacted in this Act; and if any question of doubt arises as to the construction of any Act or royal order relating to such pensions recourse shall be had to the advice of a Secretary of State, whose decision thereon shall be binding.
(3) (3.) A Secretary of State may from time to time make such regulations as appear to him to be required for the purpose of carrying into effect any order made in pursuance of this section.
(4) (4.) Nothing in any order made in pursuance of this section shall take away or diminish, without his consent, any right of a soldier to receive such pension as was fixed by any order applying to such soldier and in force at the time of his enlistment and for the payment whereof money shall have been voted by Parliament.
3 Punishment for obtaining pay or pensions by fraudulent means.
(1)3.—(1.) If any person by means of any false certificate, false representation, false document, false statement, or other fraudulent means, obtains, or attempts to obtain, for himself or any other person, the grant, increase, or payment of any pay or pension payable, or any privilege or advantage obtainable in pursuance of any warrant, order, or regulation of Her Majesty or a Secretary of State, whether made in pursuance of this Act or otherwise, he shall, on conviction on indictment, be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, and on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.
(2) (2.) Section one hundred and forty-two of the Army Act, 1881, shall apply in like manner as if any order or regulation made in pursuance of this Act were regulations within the meaning of that section.
(3) (3.) Any offence under this section, when prosecuted before a court of summary jurisdiction, may be prosecuted, and the fine recoverable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction may be recovered, in manner provided by sections one hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-seven, and one hundred and sixty-eight of the Army Act, 1881, in like manner as if those sections were herein re-enacted and in terms made applicable to this Act, and for all purposes in relation to the arrest, trial, and punishment of a person for any offence under this section, this Act shall apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and the Royal Courts of the Channel Islands shall register the same.
4 Distribution of money not exceeding one hundred pounds without requiring probate.
(1)4.—(1.) Where a person who is serving or has served as an...
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