Pension’s Act, 1871
12A. Nomination by pensioner to receive moneys
outstanding on account of pension
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 12 or in any other
law for the time being in force,-
(a) any person to whom any pension mentioned in section 11 is
payable by the Government of India or out of the Consolidated Fund of India
(such person being hereinafter referred to as the pensioner) may nominate any
other person (hereinafter referred to as the nominee), in such manner and in
such form as may be prescribed by the Central Government by rules, to receive
after the death of the pensioner all money payable to the pensioner on account
of such pension at, before or after the date of such nomination and which
remain unpaid immediately before the death of the pensioner; and
(b) the nominee shall be entitled, on the death of the
pensioner, to receive, to the exclusion of all other persons, all such money
which have so remained unpaid:
Provided that if the nominee
predeceases the pensioner, the nomination shall, so far as it relates to the
right conferred upon the said nominee, become void and of no effect:
Provided further that where provision has been duly
made in the nomination, in accordance with the rules made by the Central
Government, conferring upon some other person the right to receive all such
moneys, which have so remained unpaid, in the event of the nominee predeceasing
the pensioner, such right shall, upon the decease as aforesaid of the nominee,
pass to such other person.]