Hong Kong Ordinances

POLICE FORCE ORDINANCE - SECT 39E

What the Police Welfare Fund may be used for

(1) The Police Welfare Fund may be used for any of the following purposes-

   (a)  providing and maintaining amenities for the use and enjoyment of the
        beneficiaries;

   (b)  acquiring real and personal property for the purpose specified in
        paragraph (a);

   (c)  making payments to the corporation's employees in respect of their
        employment;

   (d)  making payments for the services of the corporation's agents;

   (e)  compensating police officers, auxiliary officers and civilian 
        officers for extra services provided by them;

   (f)  making loans to beneficiaries;

   (g)  granting financial assistance to dependants of deceased police 
        officers, deceased former police officers, auxiliary officers who died
        from injuries sustained while on duty, former auxiliary officers whose
        deaths were attributable to injuries sustained while on duty, deceased
        civilian officers and deceased former civilian officers in order to
        meet the funeral expenses of those deceased persons;

   (h)  making grants, allowances and gifts to beneficiaries for purposes
        other than the purpose mentioned in paragraph (g);

   (i)  making or acquiring souvenirs for sale to beneficiaries and others;

   (j)  if a Police Staff Purchase Scheme is established under section  39F ,
        undertaking transactions for the purpose of giving effect to the
        Scheme;

   (k)  making donations to charitable or community organizations;

   (l)  paying interest that is payable on loans made to the corporation or
        that Fund.

(2) The corporation-

   (a)  may dispose of property derived from the application of the
        Police Welfare Fund that is, in its opinion, no longer required for
        the purposes of that Fund; and

   (b)  may pay from that Fund the expenses incurred in disposing of the
        property.

(3) Loans to beneficiaries may, at the discretion of the corporation, be
granted free of interest or subject to the payment of interest.

(4) Whenever the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, the
Commissioner may permit persons who are not beneficiaries to enjoy the use of
amenities derived from the application of the Police Welfare Fund. Permission
may be granted subject to such conditions as the Commissioner considers
appropriate. (Part IV replaced 58 of 1999 s. 3)