Hong Kong Ordinances

LAW AMENDMENT AND REFORM (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 27

Payment of emoluments, etc., when the payee is certified to be incapable

When any sum in respect of emoluments, pension, gratuity or other allowance is
payable out of the revenues of the Colony to any public servant, or to the
widow or child of any public servant, and the person to whom the sum is
payable is certified by 2 persons who are either Government Medical Officers
or medical practitioners to be unable by reason of mental disability to manage
his or her affairs, the Governor in Council may direct the payment of so much
of the said sum as he may think fit to the institution or person having the
care of the disabled person, and may direct the payment of the surplus, if
any, or so much thereof as he may think fit, for or towards the maintenance
and benefit of the wife or husband and relatives of the disabled person, and
payment under such direction shall be a sufficient discharge from all
liability in respect of any sums so paid.

(27 of 1935 s. 2 incorporated) [cf. 1890 c. 5 s. 335 U.K.]