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the payment of benefits and provision of medical treatment and attendance to insured housewives or to their dependants;

the establishment and maintenance of hospitals, dispensaries and other institutions and the provision of medical services including any other ancillary services for the benefit of insured housewives;

the payment to the Government, local authority or any private body or individual for the costs of medical treatment and attendance, facilities for physical rehabilitation or dialysis provided to insured housewives;

the payment to the Government, local authority or any private body or individual for the costs of renting or purchasing any building and equipment in relation to medical treatment, facilities for physical rehabilitation or dialysis;

the payment of expenses or costs incurred by the

Organization in relation to the Tribunals, Appellate Medical

Boards, medical assessors and agents for the purposes of this Act;

the payment of expenses or moneys required to satisfy any judgment, decision or award by any court or tribunal against the Organization, the Chairman of the Board or the

Committee or committees, Director General, Deputy

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Directors General, any of the members of the Board or committees, Inspector, and officers and servants of the

Organization in respect of any act, neglect or default done or committed in the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Organization;

the payment of allowances and other expenses to the members of the Board, the Committee and committees;

the payment of legal fees and other charges for instituting or defending any civil or criminal proceedings arising out of any action taken under this Act or any regulations made under this Act;

the defrayment of expenditure on measures for the improvement of the health, safety, welfare and well-being of insured housewives or dependants or any housewife and for the rehabilitation of insured housewives who have been disabled or injured;

the repayment of moneys borrowed under this Act and the interest or profit due on the borrowed moneys;

the establishment or taking over of a company under this

Act and its maintenance; and

the payment of other expenses and expenditure as may be permitted by this Act or any regulations made under this

Act, or incurred in the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Organization.

Expenditure on administration