MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS
- CHAPTER 1001A

MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE  
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(Cap 1001 section 4(2))

[13 October 1933]


(24 of 1933 Schedule)



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1
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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.



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2
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Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 2000 s. 3
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 Hong Kong to consider 
the case.

(61 of 2000 s. 3)



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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.
(G.N. 655 of 1936)



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4
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The grant or refusal of assistance shall be in the absolute discretion of 
the Committee.



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5
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Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 2000 s. 3

Assistance shall be of 3 descriptions-

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

        (b)	regular assistance in Hong Kong;

        (c)	temporary assistance in Hong Kong.

(61 of 2000 s. 3)


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Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 2000 s. 3

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 Hong Kong and has returned thereto.

(61 of 2000 s. 3)


MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7
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Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 2000 s. 3

Regular assistance may be granted only to qualified persons who are 
Commonwealth citizens and who reside, or whose families reside in Hong 
Kong.

(80 of 1982 s. 3; 61 of 2000 s. 3)


MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8
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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.



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9
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Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 2000 s. 3
The Committee shall, not later than 1 June, in each year, furnish to the 
Chief Executive a report on their administration of the Fund for the 
previous year.
(G.N.A. 42 of 1959; 61 of 2000 s. 3)



MERCANTILE MARINE ASSISTANCE FUND REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10
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These regulations may be cited as the Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund 
Regulations.