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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the currency of a warrant directing payment to other than
the pensioner, the holder of such duplicate or warrant shall
have no claim against His Majesty in respect of the instal-
ment so paid.

FORFEITED INSTALMENTS.

33. In the event of any instalment being forfeited under
    section 38 of the principal Act, the pensioner or other person
    duly authorised to receive payment may make application,
    in the form numbered 14 in the First Schedule hereto, to the
    Registrar of the district in which the pensioner is registered,
    or to the paying Postmaster, who shall, after examining the
    pension-certificate, and indorsing on the application his
    recommendation as to whether payment should be made
    or not, giving his reasons for such recommendation, return
    the pension-certificate to the applicant, and forward the
    application to the Commissioner: Provided always that if
    the application is made on behalf of the governing body of a
    charitable institution, it shall be accompanied by a warrant
    under section 41 of the principal Act setting out the cost and
    period of maintenance.

34. In the event of an application being made for an
    instalment forfeited by reason of delay in the granting of a
    renewal certificate, the application shall be lodged with the
    Registrar, who shall state in his recommendation the cause
    of such delay; and, should the applicant be a Maori pensioner,
    the application shall state whether the applicant was absent
    at a tangi or Native Land Court or away from home during
    the time the instalment was payable.

35. No application for an instalment which shall have
    been forfeited for a period of three months shall be enter-
    tained, except in exceptional circumstances, in regard to
    which a full explanation shall be forwarded with the appli-
    cation by the Registrar to the Commissioner.

ACCRUED AMOUNT.

36. In the case of an application for the portion of an
    instalment accruing due to the date of death of a pensioner
    or for any instalment unpaid at date of death, the applica-
    tion shall be in the form numbered 15 in the First Schedule
    hereto, and shall be made only by the person who defrayed
    the funeral expenses of the pensioner, or on behalf of the
    governing body of the charitable institution wherein the
    pensioner was being maintained at date of death. If the
    application is made by the person who defrayed the funeral
    expenses, it shall be accompanied by a receipted account for
    the said expenses, or for such part of the said expenses as is
    not less than the amount of pension payable; and if the
    application is made on behalf of the governing body of any
    charitable institution for the cost of burial or maintenance
    of the pensioner to the date of his death, it shall be accom-
    panied by a warrant, under section 41 of the principal Act,
    setting out the cost of burial or the cost and period of main-
    tenance, as the case may be.

The application, which must be accompanied by the
pension-certificate in every case, and, in the case of a Maori
pension, by a certificate of death by a European of repute
other than the applicant or the Registrar, shall be made to
the Registrar, who, after satisfying himself that the applica-
tion is in order, shall forward it to the Commissioner with
his recommendation as to payment, except that, in lieu of
forwarding a receipt for funeral expenses paid by a charitable
institution, he may certify on the application that the receipt
has been seen by him. No application shall be entertained
where the pensioner has left an estate out of which the
funeral expenses, or the cost of maintenance, as the case
may be, could be met, or where the pensioner has been dead
more than three months, except under special circumstances,
which must be explained to the Commissioner.

AGENTS’ WARRANTS.

37. With respect to a warrant under section 41 of the
    principal Act, authorising payment of instalments of pension
    or pensions to the governing body of a charitable institu-
    tion, the following provisions shall apply:—
    (a.) The application for the warrant, which shall be
    made to the Registrar, shall be in the form
    numbered 16 in the First Schedule hereto, and
    shall specify—
    (1.) The name of each pensioner to which it
    relates;
    (2.) The number of his pension-certificate;
    (3.) The amount of the instalment applied for;
    (4.) The cost and period of his maintenance
    or relief, such period in no case commencing
    earlier than one calendar month before the day
    on which the instalment applied for falls due;
    (5.) The total amount of instalments applied
    for.
    (b.) The pension-certificate shall be produced in every
    case.
    (c.) The warrant, which shall be signed by the Regis-
    trar, shall be indorsed on the application, and
    shall state the total amount for which it is
    granted.
    (d.) The warrant, which may relate to more pensioners
    than one, shall be delivered up to the paying
    officer by the payee when receiving payment of
    the instalments to which it relates, and shall be
    forwarded by the paying officer with his accounts.
    (e.) No warrant under section 41 shall be issued unless
    any previous warrant issued to any person in
    respect of the same pension has been first sur-
    rendered to the Registrar, and no payment shall
    be made to a charitable institution except on
    production of a warrant issued in terms of these
    provisions.
    (f.) If any dispute arises between the pensioner and the
    institution as to the proper disposal of the instal-
    ment, the question shall be decided in a summary
    way by a Magistrate.

38. With respect to a warrant under section 42 of the
    principal Act authorising payment of instalments of a pen-
    sion to any clergyman, Justice, or other reputable person for
    the benefit of the pensioner, the following provisions shall
    apply:—
    (a.) The application for the warrant shall be in the form
    numbered 17 in the First Schedule hereto, and the
    applicant may be the pensioner or the proposed
    payee.
    (b.) If the applicant is the proposed payee, who must
    have reached the age of twenty-one years, the ap-
    plication shall not be dealt with unless it bears the
    pensioner’s consent in writing, or unless the Com-
    missioner is satisfied that the pensioner knows of
    the intended application and has had reasonable
    opportunity of objecting thereto.
    (c.) The application shall be made to the Registrar of
    the district in which the pensioner resides, and
    shall be forwarded to the Commissioner, accom-
    panied by the pension-certificate for which the
    warrant is desired.
    (d.) The Registrar shall not recommend that a warrant
    be issued unless he is satisfied that it is expedient
    so to do, having due regard to the age, infirmity,
    or improvidence of the pensioner, as provided by
    the Act.
    (e.) The warrant, which shall be signed by the Com-
    missioner, shall be in the form numbered 18 in the
    First Schedule hereto, and shall continue in force
    only during the currency of the pension-certifi-
    cate in regard to which it is expressed to relate:
    Provided that it may be renewed upon the issue
    of the pension-certificate for each subsequent
    renewal of the pension; and
    Provided that it may be cancelled by the Com-
    missioner at any time for good cause shown.
    (f.) No such warrant shall be issued in respect of a
    pension where the pensioner is absent or about to
    be absent from the district in which the pension
    is registered, unless under special circumstances,
    which shall be set forth in the application.
    (g.) No such warrant shall be issued in respect of a pen-
    sion granted to a Maori, except to a European of
    good repute.
    (h.) The Commissioner shall issue the warrant, and
    forward it, together with the pension-certificate,
    to the person entitled thereto.
    (i.) All warrants surrendered to a Registrar or paying
    officer shall be forwarded to the Commissioner
    without delay.

RENEWALS OF PENSION.

39. The income and property statement, which by section
    35 of the principal Act each pensioner is required to furnish
    yearly to the Registrar, shall be in the form numbered 19 in
    the First Schedule hereto, and shall be furnished by the
    pensioner immediately after the close of the income-year,
    which in each case shall be the date one month prior to the
    anniversary of the original granting of the pension:
    Provided that, in every case where an income and property
    statement is not furnished within three months after the
    expiry of the income-year, the Registrar shall strike the
    pensioner’s name off his books, and advise the Commis-
    sioner that he has done so; and any subsequent application