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Fund-raising Act, 1978 (Act No. 107 of 1978)

Chapter II : Disaster Relief Fund, South African Defence Force Fund, Refugee Relief Fund, State President's Fund and Social Relief Fund

18. Objects of boards

 

The objects of—

(a) the board of the Disaster Relief Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to render to persons, organizations and bodies who or which suffer damage or loss caused by a disaster, such assistance as the board may deem fair and reasonable;
(b) the board of the South African Defence Force Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to render such aid as the board may deem fair and reasonable to members and former members of the South African Defence Force and of auxiliary services established and designated in accordance with section 80(1) of the Defence Act, 1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957), and their dependants who suffer financial hardship or financial distress arising, directly or indirectly, out of any service or duties contemplated in section 3(2) of the Defence Act, 1957, performed by such members, and to provide facilities to or for such members and former members who perform or performed such service or duties;

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 4 of Act No. 41 of 1980]

(c) the board of the Refugee Relief Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to render such assistance to refugees as the board may deem fair and reasonable.
(d) the board of the State President's Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to render such assistance as the board may deem fair and reasonable to—
(i) the victims of any act of terrorism in respect of their medical treatment and rehabilitation;
(ii) such victims and their dependants who suffer financial hardship or financial distress caused directly or indirectly by any act of terrorism.

[Paragraph (d) inserted by section 2 of Act No. 82 of 1983]

(e) the board of the Social Relief Fund shall be, with due regard to the financial position of that Fund and the requirements of each case, to make money from the Fund available to organisations that in the opinion of the board are capable of rendering assistance to persons with psychosocial problems and of rendering such social relief of distress as the board may deem fair and reasonable to members of communities that in the opinion of the board are victims of violence.

[Paragraph (e) substituted by section 2 of Act No. 43 of 1994]