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Number 27 of 1939.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT, 1939.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Commencement.
3.	Definitions.
4.	Repeals.

PART II.

Central and Local Administration.

PART III.

Public Assistance.

18.	Persons eligible for public assistance.
19.	Duty of public assistance authority to provide public assistance.
20.	Giving of public assistance.
21.	Contributions to certain societies.
22.	Power to provide land for a public hospital.
23.	Payment of expenses of removal of persons eligible for general assistance.
24.	Burial of deceased persons.
25.	Work as a condition for receiving general assistance.
26.	Determination of the cost of public assistance.
27.	Liability to maintain relations.
28.	Liability to repay cost of public assistance.
29.	Liability to contribute to cost of general assistance.
30.	Appropriation of property.
31.	Provision of district institutions.
32.	Discontinuance of a district institution.
33.	Persons admissible to district institutions.
34.	Regulations in respect of district institutions.
35.	Assistance in institutions not maintained by a public assistance authority.
36.	Restriction on assistance of particular classes in institutions.
37.	Admission to district institutions of persons not eligible for public assistance.
38.	Religious services and chaplains in district institutions.
39.	Obligation to grant home assistance.
40.	Dispensary districts.
41.	Appointment of medical officers of dispensary districts.
42.	Provision of dispensaries, medicines, etc.
43.	Provision of residence for dispensary officer.
44.	Vesting of parental authority in public assistance authorities.
45.	Transfer of parental authority to public assistance authority.
46.	Preservation of liability to contribute to maintenance.
47.	Certification of schools.
48.	Boarding out, etc. of children.
49.	Removal of child placed out at nurse, etc.
50.	Assistance of defective children.
51.	Protection of the religious creed of children.
52.	Right to obtain birth certificate of child.

PART IV.

Finance.

53.	Provision of money for certain public assistance authorities.
54.	Raising of moneys for certain public assistance authorities.
55.	Receipt of money by public assistance authorities.
56.	Payments by public assistance authorities.
57.	Limitation on borrowing.
58.	Transfer of certain debts and liabilities.
59.	Saving for liability of councils in respect of superannuation.
60.	Accounts and audits.

PART V.

Acquisition and Disposal of Property.

61.	Definition of “land”.
62.	Power of public assistance authority to acquire land.
63.	Incorporation of the Lands Clauses Acts.
64.	Power of public assistance authority to inspect land.
65.	Making of compulsory acquisition order.
66.	Notices, etc., of making of compulsory acquisition order.
67.	Confirmation of compulsory acquisition order.
68.	Notices, etc., of confirmation of compulsory acquisition order.
69.	Annulment of compulsory acquisition order by the High Court.
70.	Commencement of compulsory acquisition order.
71.	Appropriation of surplus land to other purposes.
72.	Disposal of surplus land.
73.	Transfer of property of certain abolished bodies.
74.	Application of money held for certain abolished committees.
75.	Service of notices under this Part of this Act.

PART VI.

Legal Proceedings and Penalties.

PART VII.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

86.	Power of Minister to abolish county infirmaries and county fever hospitals.
87.	Inclusion of boards of public assistance in certain Acts.
88.	Inclusion of boards of public assistance in section 63 of the Local Government Act, 1925.
89.	Adaptations of existing enactments.
90.	Power of Minister to make general regulations.
91.	Laying of orders and regulations before Houses of the Oireachtas.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Rules in Relation to Membership and Meetings of Boards of Public Assistance.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Enactments under which a Board of Public Assistance is a Local Authority.

Acts Referred to
Local Government Act, 1927	No. 3 of 1927
Interpretation Act, 1937	No. 38 of 1937
Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923	No. 9 of 1923
Local Government (Dublin) (Amendment) Act, 1931	No. 25 of 1931
Local Authorities (Combined Purchasing) Act, 1939	No. 14 of 1939
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934	No. 9 of 1934
Public Assistance (Acquisition of Land) Act, 1934	No. 23 of 1934
Criminal Justice (Evidence) Act, 1924	No. 37 of 1924
Local Government Act, 1931	No. 19 of 1931
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925

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Number 27 of 1939.

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT, 1939.

AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER AND BETTER PROVISION IN RELATION TO THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO AMEND GENERALLY THE LAW RELATING THERETO. [8th August, 1939.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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