Section No :  
Legislative Enactments
POOR LAW
Marginal Notes
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Poor Law Ordinance.
2. Powers under Ordinance to be additional to powers conferred by other enactments.
3. Application of Part II.
4. Duty of urban local authority with respect to poor persons.
5. Power of urban local authority to use its funds to carry out.
6. Borrowing powers of urban local authority.
7. Acquisition land or building.
8. Accounts and audit.
9. Poor law scheme.
10. Delegation.
11. Appointment of officers.
12. Public assistance committee.
13. Local sub- committees.
14. Application of Part III.
15. Duty or rural local authority in respect to poor persons.
16. Delegation of functions of rural local authority.
17. Composition of rural local committee.
18. Poor law schemes.
19. Contributions for carrying out the poor law scheme.
20. Appointment of officers, & c.
21. Power of unit of rural local authority to use its funds to perform functions under this Ordinance.
22. Borrowing power of a unit of rural local authority.
23. Acquisition of lands or buildings.
24. Audit of accounts.
25. Confirmation of poor law scheme.
26. Application of part IV to areas under urban and rural local authorities.
27. Duty of family to relieve and maintain poor persona.
28. Relief to wife or child treated as relief to husband or parent.
29. Reimbursement from persons liable to maintain.
30. Reimbursement of relief out of property of person relieved.
31. Rules.
32. Penalty on persons disobeying, &c, rules.
33. Right of auditor to inspect.
34. Every member and officer a public servant.
35. Relief not to be given save in accordance with part II or Part III.
36. Power to remove difficulties.
37. Provisions as to orders and schemes.
38. Interpretation.