138. An orphan’s pension payable to the orphan of a contributor, and a disabled contributor’s child’s pension payable to the child of a disabled contributor, is a basic monthly amount consisting of a flat rate benefit, the amount of which is obtained by multiplying $25 by the ratio that the Pension Index for the year in which the benefit commenced to be payable bears to the Pension Index for the year 1967.
From 1 January 1974, an orphan’s pension payable to the orphan of a contributor, and a disabled contributor’s child’s pension payable to the child of a disabled contributor, is a monthly amount consisting of a flat rate benefit of $29.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 24, s. 155; 1972, c. 53, s. 42.