Cap. 318 Art. 91Persons in prisons. Re-numbered by: XXIV. 1993.2.

A person shall be disqualified from receiving a pension, benefit, allowance or assistance payable under this Act for any period during which he/she is undergoing imprisonment or detention in pursuance of a sentence passed on conviction from an offence:

Provided that where such person would have been in receipt of the allowances payable under articles 76, 76A and 79, such allowances shall, during any such period, be paid to the head of household with whom the child or person, in respect of whom such allowance is being paid, is living:

Provided further that where such person is a married person who would have been entitled to a pension under this Act, and who, immediately prior to being sentenced as above, was not having the provisions of article 96 applied to him/her, his/her spouse shall be entitled to receive five-sixths of the pension which would have been payable to his/her spouse had he/she not been disqualified under the provisions of this article, provided he/she is not already entitled to a pension under this Act in his/her own right, or half the pension which would have been payable to his/her spouse had he/ she not been disqualified under the provisions of this article, provided he/she is already entitled to a pension under this Act in his/her own right.