Repayment in case of persons under 16 years of age
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(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below and to regulation 9, no repayment shall be made in respect of a certificate held by a person under the age of sixteen years.
(2) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Savings that any person holding a certificate is a person under the age of sixteen years, other than a mentally disordered person, the Director of Savings may, if he thinks fit, pay the whole or any part of the amount repayable in respect of the certificate to any person who has applied for repayment and satisfies him that he is a proper person to receive payment.