Section 13
Persons in welfare home may be required to work
ActIn forceProvision 13 of 20
Section 13
(1)
Any person residing in a welfare home may be required to engage in any suitable work for which the medical officer of the home certifies that person to be capable of, either with a view to fitting that person for an employment outside the welfare home or with a view to contributing to that person’s maintenance in the welfare home.
(2)
Any person residing in a welfare home who attends work outside the welfare home is deemed, while engaged in such employment, to be a resident of the welfare home.