Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions

§ 505. Payment of pension during confinement in penal institutions (a) No pension under public or private laws administered by the Veterans’ Administration shall be paid to or for an individual who has been imprisoned in a Federal, State, or local penal institution as a result of conviction of a felony or misdemeanor for any part of the period beginning sixtyone days after his imprisonment begins and ending when his imprisonment ends. 72 Stat. 1135 (b) Where any veteran is disqualified for pension for any period solely by reason of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may apportion and pay to his wife or children the pension which such veteran would receive for that period but for this section. (c) Where any widow or child of a veteran is disqualified for pension for any period solely by reason of subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator may (1) if the widow is so disqualified, pay to the child, or children, the pension which would be payable if there were no such widow or (2) if a child is so disqualified, pay to the widow or other children, as applicable, the pension which would be payable if there were no such child.