MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS

MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS

MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 1001, section 4(2)

[ 13 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 circumstances, to the Director
of Marine, who, after making such inquiry, if any. as he deems
necessary, shall convene a meeting of the members of the Committee in
the Colony to consider the case.

3. At any such meeting 3 members shall be deemed a quorum; the
decisions of the Committee shall be determined 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 3 descriptions-

(a)the payment, in whole or in part, of passages from the
Colony;

(b) regular assistance in the Colony;

(c) temporary assistance in the Colony.

6. Assistance may be reduced, suspended or discontinued 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 Commonwealth citizens 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 520 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 1 June, 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.
24 of 1933. Schedule. G.N. 655/36. G.N.A. 42/59. 80 of 1982. G.N. 655/36. 80 of 1982. S. 3. G.N.A. 42/59.

24 of 1933. Schedule. G.N. 655/36. G.N.A. 42/59. 80 of 1982. G.N. 655/36. 80 of 1982. S. 3. G.N.A. 42/59.

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