Medical Department
h as the Beard
of Guardians or Poor Law officer
In practice, I am fully aware that it
must in a Colony often have be left
to the Medical Officer in charge of a
hospital to decide the point, & ik
is
however, undesirable that the remission
of fees, after he has decided that fees
are t
can be paid, should also be at his
discretion.
3.
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I shoveshower,
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There and no
such people w AHK,
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be prepared & five besiderations
to the question of delegating to the Dereitor of Medical
ternices authoris to remit fees
The remission of fines by
magistrates raises a rather different
in the airconstances defried in Col Reg. 24-1 at within
limit of $200.
question, and, provided that a reduction
or cancellation of the fine is in
accordance with the process contemplated
by the law or is a judicial act, I de
agree
Aut consider that Colonial Regulation 278
hot
is strictly applicable. I should,
however, regard this Regulation as
applicable to cases in which fines are
subsequently reduced or remitted merely
on compassionate grounds or for reasons
of