Distribution of pension benefit under section 37C is determined at the date of distribution
Where the board of a pension fund makes a distribution under section 37C(1)(a) of the Pension Funds Act 1956, the distribution must be made according to the circumstances at the time of the distribution and not at the date of death of the deceased member of the fund.
The fund had distributed part of the benefits to the mother of the deceased to the prejudice of his estranged wife and children. The mother had died four…