17. Pension to orphans
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Where’. a contributor: being a widow and unmarried dies leaving a child or children entitled to a pen-sion under this Act or when a widower of a contributor dies leaving a child or children entitled to pension under this
Act, being a child or children of his marriage with such contributor, the pension of such child or children shall be the amount which the widower would have received or had been receiving, equally divided among the children.
A child adopted under the provisions of the Adop-tion of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married contributor while she is a contributor shall, subject to the provisions of subsec-tion (3), be treated as a child of such contributor and accordingly, such child shall be entitled to a pension under this Act in like manner and to the like amount as a child of such contributor.
A child adopted under the provisions of the Adoption of Children Ordinance or any other law relating to the adoption of children by a married contributor while she is a contributor shall be entitled to a pension under this
Act unless the Director has reason. to believe that there was no genuine’ desire on the part of such contributor to adopt the child and that the adoption was merely one of convenience
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Provided, however, that the Director may authorize the award of a pension to such child if such child does not have an indepéndent source of livelihood and if the Director considers that such award is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case.
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