Cap. 318 Art. 77Disabled Child Allowance.

Subject to the provisions of this Act, a child in any household, in respect of whom an allowance under article 76 or

76A is being paid, shall also become eligible to a Disabled Child

Allowance at the rate payable in accordance with Part VII of the

Fourteenth Schedule to this Act, if the head of household has the care and custody of such child who is certified to be suffering from cerebral palsy or from a mental severe subnormality or a severely disabled person or a visually impaired person in accordance with the provisions of this Act. For the purposes of this article a child shall still be deemed to be a severely disabled person if certified to be totally and permanently mute or permanently deaf to a degree of no less than 70 decibels:

Provided that, where an allowance under this article is payable in respect of a visually impaired child, that allowance shall cease to be payable as soon as a pension under article 27 is or becomes payable in his respect:

Provided further that, where a child in respect of whom this article applies reaches his 16th birthday (or his 14th birthday in the case of a visually impaired child) and for some reason fails to qualify for a pension under article 27, he shall remain eligible to an allowance under this article if he is not gainfully occupied and is still undergoing full-time education or training in an educational institution recognized by the Government in terms of the Education Act, and no form of remuneration or allowance (excluding any allowance payable under this Act) is being paid to him or her during such time.