Section 3
SEC. 3. The Government Service Insurance Board shall conduct proper investigation of the financial situation of each retired officer or employee of the Philippine Health Service, and his lawful heirs or beneficiaries, and whenever it is found that such officer or employee or lawful heir or beneficiary is without means of livelihood and completely dependent upon the pension received from the Health Pension and Retirement Fund, the said Board. shall fix the amount which is needed by such officer or employee orlieir or beneficiary for his or her maintenance, which in no case shall be less than fifteen pesos per month, unless the pensionee was receiving a smaller sum. In the case of those officers and employees of the Philippine Health Service who have died or become incapacitated in line of duty as a result of exposure to contagious or dangerous diseases contracted by them while engaged in the duties of their office or employment, the Government Service Insurance Board shall continue to pay to their lawful heirs or beneficiaries heretofore entitled to receive pension under the Health Pension and Retirement Fund Act a pension in the same amount as authorized by the said Act for dependents and heirs of deceased or incapacitated retired officer or employees. The amount so fixed by the Board shall be considered as the pension which shall be payable to the officer or employee, or heir or beneficiary, in lieu of the pension now being received from the Health Pension and. Retirement Fund: Provided, That any decision of the Government Insurance Board by virtue of this Act, shall be appealable to the President of the Philippines: Provided, further, That the pensions mentioned in this Act shall not be subject to any tax, levy or attachment.