Section 22
Application of the Fund
of Sarawak Rivers Ordinance, 1993
The Fund may be applied in defraying the following charges:
(a)
the cost of administration of the Board;
(b)
the expenses, fees, remuneration and allowances of members of the Board;
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(c)
the salaries, fees, pensions, provident fund contributions, superannuation allowances and gratuities of the officers, servants, agents, technical or other advisers of the Board;
(d)
cost of erecting and maintaining the wharves, jetties or other passenger landing terminals;
(e)
cost of providing buoys, moorings, lights and other navigational aids;
(f)
cost of keeping the river and port clean and free from filth, rubbish or refuse;
(g)
cost of maintaining and restoring river banks and shores;
(h)
moneys for the repayment of loans made to the Board;
(i)
moneys for the purposes of granting loans;
(j)
all costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to the exercise of its powers under this Ordinance; and
(k)
any other expenditure authorized by the Board properly chargeable to the Fund.