Section 54: Continuance of children’s allowance, and education allowance after 18 years

Not withstanding anything contained in regulations 50,52 and 64, the children‟s allowance, whether special or ordinary and the education allowance to children may at the discretion of the Central Government be granted to a child over 18 years of age or be continued beyond the age of 18 years in the following circumstances, namely;-

(a) in the case of all allowances, if the child is being educated at a secondary school, a technical or a university; and

(b) in the case of children‟s allowances special or ordinary, also if the child is an apprentice receiving not more than a normal wage or if the child is incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical infirmity which arose it attained the age of eighteen years and is in distressed circumstances.

[55. Definition of the term legitimate children. – For the purpose of family pension, the term “legitimate children” shall include “ validly adopted children.”]