Mental Treatment Act, 1945
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Appeal to the Minister. |
92.—(1) Where— | |
(a) an officer or servant of a mental hospital authority resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office or employment under the authority, and | ||
(b) the officer or servant is aggrieved by the grant made pur suant to this Part of this Act by the authority to him or by the neglect or refusal of the authority to make pursuant to this Part of this Act a grant to him, | ||
the officer or servant may, within six months (or such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the Minister, if in any particular case he so thinks fit, may approve of) after having resigned or otherwise ceased to hold office or employment, report the facts of the case to the Minister and the Minister, if he is satisfied that the officer or servant has good reason for being aggrieved, may make any grant to the officer or servant which he thinks just and which could have been made by the authority and such grant shall have effect as if made by the authority and in lieu of the grant (if any) made by them. | ||
(2) Where— | ||
(a) an officer or servant of a mental hospital authority dies, and | ||
(b) the legal personal representative of the deceased, or, in case the deceased is a widower survived by one or more than one dependent child under sixteen years of age, any person acting on behalf of the child or children, is aggrieved by the grant made pursuant to this Part of this Act by the authority in relation to the deceased or by the neglect or refusal of the authority to make pursuant to this Part of this Act a grant in relation to the deceased, | ||
such representative or person may within six months (or such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the Minister, if in any particular case he so thinks fit, may approve of) after the death of the deceased, report the facts of the case to the Minister and the Minister, if he is satisfied that such representative or person has good reason for being aggrieved, may make any grant in relation to the deceased which he thinks just and which could have been made by the authority, and such grant shall have effect as if made by the authority and in lieu of the grant (if any) made by them. | ||
(3) Where, in a case to which sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) of section 77 of this Act is applicable, the widow of a deceased officer or servant of a mental hospital authority is aggrieved by the neglect or refusal of the authority to make pursuant to that sub-section a grant to her, she may, within six months (or such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the Minister, if in any particular case he so thinks fit, may approve of) after the death of the deceased, report the facts of the case to the Minister and the Minister, if he is satisfied that she has good reason for being aggrieved, may make any grant to her which he thinks just and which could have been made by the authority and such grant shall have effect as if made by the authority. |