Probation committees

8 Provision of financial assistance.

1

It is the duty of a probation committee to make such payments and to such persons as may be prescribed in respect of persons accommodated in bail hostels and probation hostels.

2

A probation committee may, in such cases and in such manner as may be prescribed, give financial and other assistance—

a

to persons remanded on bail; and

b

to persons in relation to whom probation officers appointed for their area have responsibilities.