Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Deemed to have been inserted by Act 2 of 2016 w.e.f 22.02.2014 Explanation.—For the purposes 1[of sub-sections (1) and (2)]1 „family‟ means, the following relatives of the deceased member, namely:— (a) wife or the husband; (b) minor sons; and (c) unmarried minor daughters. (2) The family pension admissible under sub-section (1) shall be payable in the following order,- (a) wife or husband; and (b) the eldest among the minor sons or unmarried minor daughters, where the deceased member has no surviving spouse: Provided that where the recipient of the family pension dies or marries or ceases to be a minor, the pension payable shall thereafter be paid to the person next lower in the order of preference.