dependant

means any of the following relatives of deceased employee, namely:— (a) a widow, a minor legitimate or adopted son, an unmarried legitimate or adopted daughter or a widowed mother: Provided that for the purposes of Chapter IV, a legitimate adopted son, who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, shall be dependant of the deceased employee; (b) if wholly dependant on the earnings of the employee at the time of his death, a legitimate or adopted son or a daughter who has attained the age of eighteen years and who is infirm; except for the purposes of Chapter IV wherein the word "eighteen" occurring in this sub-clause shall be deemed to have been substituted by the word "twenty-five"; (c) if wholly or in part dependent on the earnings of the employee at the time of his death,— (i) a widower; (ii) a parent other than a widowed mother; (iii) a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter or a daughter legitimate or illegitimate or adopted if married and a minor or if widowed and a minor; (iv) a minor brother or an unmarried sister or a widowed sister if a minor; (v) a widowed daughter-in-law; (vi) a minor child of a pre-deceased son; (vii) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive, or; (viii) a grandparent if no parent of the employee is alive. Explanation.—For the purposes of sub-clause (b) and items (vi) and (vii) of sub-clause (c), references to a son, daughter or child include an adopted son, daughter or child, respectively