COMPENSATION (SPECIAL CASES) ORDINANCE

COMPENSATION (SPECIAL CASES) ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 118.

COMPENSATION (SPECIAL CASES).

Toprovide for the Payment of compensation to a person injured. or
the dependants of a person killed in fulfilling a duty to uphold
the law.

[5th August, 1949.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Compensation, (Special
Cases) Ordinance.

2. (1) It shall be lawful. for the Legislative Council, by resolution, to
award compensation, either by way of a lump sum or periodical
payment, from the- general revenue of the Colony, to a person injured
in the execution of a moral or legal duty to uphold the law in resistance
to crime, or to the dependants of a person so injured who dies as a
result of such injury.

(2) Ariy such award may be made subject to such conditions as
shall be specified in such resolution and thereafter such award may be
varied or revoked by the Legislative Council by resolution.

3. No award made under this Ordinance shall be assignable or
transferable or liable to be attached, sequestered or levied upon for or
in respect of any debt or claim whatsoever other than a debt to the
Government.
34 of 1949. Short title. Power to award compensation in certain cases. Award not to be assignable.

34 of 1949. Short title. Power to award compensation in certain cases. Award not to be assignable.

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