22. Failure to

Where the Director is‘satisfied that a widower-who is in receipt of a pension under this Act has deserted or abandoned, or is failing to maintain or assist, so far as his means allow, a child who would be entitled on his death to receive a pension under this Act, the Director may, having regard to the circumstance of the case, pay to such child, or to a fit and proper person on behalf of-such child, such portion of the widower’s pension as he thinks fit, having regard to the needs of such child; and the widower shall have no further claim in respect of any portion of his pension so paid. Any portion of a widower’s pension paid under this section to any person on behalf of a child of the widower shall be applied by that person in accor-child)

dance with such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Director, for the maintenance, support or benefit of such child.