MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS

MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS

MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND.

MERCANTILE MARINE. ASSISTANCE
FUND REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 119).
(Ordinance NO. 24 Of 1933).

[13th October, 1933.]

1. The persons qualified to receive assistance from the
Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund of Hong Kong shall be
or shall have been officers or seamen of the Mercantile Marine
or their dependants who are in the opinion of the Committee
both deserving of and in need of such assistance.

2. Any qualified person desiring such assistance shall
send his application, with full particulars as to his circum-
stances, to the Director of Marine, who, after making such
inquiry, if any, as lie deem necessary, shall convene a
meeting of the members of the Committee in the Colony to
consider the case.

3. At any such meeting three members shall be deemed
a quorum, the decisions of the Committee shall be deter-
mined by a majority of votes and the Chairman shall have
an original vote and also, if the votes be equal, a casting
vote.

4. The grant or refusal of assistance shall be in the
absolute discretion of the Committee.

5. Assistance shall be of three descriptions-
(a) the payment, in whole or in part, of passages from
the Colony;
(b) regular assistance in the Colony;
(c) temporary assistance in ihe Colony.

6. Assistance may be reduced, suspended or discon-
tinued at any time by the Committee. In no case shall it be
granted to a person who has received a passage, or an assisted
passage from the Colony and has returned thereto.





7. Regular assistance may be granted only to qualified persons
who are British subjects and who reside, or whose families reside in the
Colony.
8. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the Director of
Marine may at any time grant temporary assistance as a charge on the
Fund to an amount of or in value not exceeding (20) in respect of any one
qualified applicant,.on his own responsibility and without consulting
the other members of the Committee, who however shall be informed
thereof at their next meeting.
9. The Committee shall, not later than the ist March, in each year,
furnish to the Governor a report on their administration of the Fund for
the previous year.
10. These regulations may be cited as the Mercantile ,Marine
Assistance. Fund Regulations.

CHAPTER 120.
(Ordinance No. 9 of 1927)
PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION.
No subsidlary legislation

CHAPTER 121.
(Ordinance No. 35 Of 1911)
STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT.
No subsidiary legislation.

CHAPTER 122.
(Ordinance No. 5 of 1929)
UNCLAIMED BALANCES.
No subsidiary legislation.
Ord. 24 of 1933, s. 4(2), Schedule. G.N. 655/36. G.N. 655/36.

Ord. 24 of 1933, s. 4(2), Schedule. G.N. 655/36. G.N. 655/36.

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