Destitute Persons Bill

  Table of Contents

  Long Title

  Enacting Formula

1 Short title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Power to require a destitute person to reside in a welfare home

4 Penalty for begging

5 Voluntary admission into a welfare home

6 Taking of finger impressions and photographs

7 Minister may establish welfare homes

8 Board of Visitors

9 Rules for management of welfare homes

10 Review Committee

11 Discharge from welfare homes

12 Discharge to the care of a relative or other person

13 Persons in a welfare home may be required to work

14 Persons in a welfare home may be sent to hospital

15 Director may transfer persons in welfare homes

16 Penalty for escape from lawful custody of welfare home

17 Penalty for behaving in a disorderly manner

18 Arrest of escaped destitute person

19 Return to welfare home after serving sentence

20 Discharge

21 Repeal

  Explanatory Statement

  Expenditure of Public Money