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.