Mental Treatment Act, 1945

Reduction of allowance in certain cases.

73.—(1) This section applies to every officer or servant of a mental hospital authority—

(a) who has resigned or otherwise ceased to hold office or employment, and

(b) who is entitled to receive under this Part of this Act an allowance from the authority, and

(c) who did not perform his duties as their officer or servant to their satisfaction.

(2) A mental hospital authority may, as regards any of their officers or servants who is an officer or servant to whom this section applies, determine, subject to the consent of the Minister, that the allowance payable by them to him under this Part of this Act shall be reduced to such extent as they consider just, and such officer or servant shall thereupon be entitled to receive such allowance as so reduced and not otherwise.