77. From and after the day when the pension or salary, as the case may be, of a public officer or employee ceases to be paid, his widow, if she is not divorced, shall be entitled to receive, for life, one-half of the pension which he was receiving or would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or would have been entitled to receive had he been superannuated; she shall also be entitled to receive 10% of such pension for each child of such officer or employee who is a dependent of such widow and less than eighteen years of age or, if he regularly attends an educational establishment, is less than twenty-one years of age, but she shall not so receive more than 40% of such pension for all of such dependent children.
If the widow of a public officer or employee dies, or if a public officer or employee dies and his wife has predeceased him, or their marriage has been dissolved by divorce, each child of such officer or employee who is less than eighteen years of age or, if he regularly attends an educational institution, is less than twenty-one years of age, shall be entitled to receive 20% of the pension which such officer or employee was receiving or would otherwise have been entitled to receive, or would have been entitled to receive until he reaches the age of eighteen years or, if he regularly attends an educational institution, until he reaches the age of twenty-one years. However, not more than 80% of such pension shall be paid to all of such children and the amount representing that percentage shall be divided equally among all the children.
R. S. 1964, c. 14, s. 56; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 15, s. 22; 1969, c. 15, s. 25; 1973, c. 12, s. 173; 1977, c. 22, s. 37; 1982, c. 51, s. 109.