Volume 61 · 93
Public Law 80–58
To amend further the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended.
Approved May 15, 1947
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend further the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942. as amended, is hereby amended by adding the
Allowances based on purported marriage.
following paragraph at the end of section 4 thereof:
“Payments of allowances which have been or hereafter may be made under this Act based on a purported marriage and made prior to judicial annulment or termination of such marriage are valid: Provided, That it is adjudged or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction that the marriage was entered into in good faith on the part of the spouse in military service or that, in the absence of such a judgment or decree, such finding of good faith is made by the head of the department concerned or by such officer of the department concerned as he may designate for the purpose.”
Approved May 15, 1947.