Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Ss. 1-6 | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 7(1) | 
					
						1 January 1936 | 
					Commenced as per s. 7(4) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 7(2) | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 8-10 | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 11 | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 11(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 12  | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 12(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 13 | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 13(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 14 | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 14(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 15 | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 16 | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 16(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 17-27 | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 28 | 
					
						2 July 1937 | 
					Commenced as per s. 28(2) | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 29, 30 | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Sch. | 
					
						2 April 1937 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Rep. | 
					1/1981, s.310, sch. 6, pt. 2 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 2 | 
					Widows' and Orphans' Pensions (Appointed Day) Order 1937 (S.I. No. 123 of 1937) | 
				
			
					| 
						S. 7(1) | 
					Widows' and Orphans' Pensions (Date of Publication of Census) Order 1938 (S.I. No. 251 of 1938) |