Section 40

All expenses incurred under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts or any regulation made thereunder or under section 277 in the relief of distressed seaman who, at the time of such relief being granted, are domiciled in North Borneo and all expenses incurred in the United Kingdom in relieving and returning to North Borneo all such distressed seamen shall be borne by the revenue of the Federation.

The Governor may order the payment out of the general revenue of all expenses incurred in North Borneo in and about the relief and repatriation of such seamen as aforesaid under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts or of any regulations made under those

Acts or under section 277.

The Governor may order the repayment out of the general of all sums expended under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts by the United Kingdom Government, or by the Shipwrecked Mariners Society, or by the Government of any country of the

Commonwealth, or by any British consular officer in any foreign country, in and about the relief and repatriation of such seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor may think fit, or as a Secretary of State may direct.

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