section 5
Purposes for which the fund may be utilized.
The Madhya Pradesh Famine Relief Fund Act, 1937The Fund shall not be expended except upon— (i) the relief of famine in [Madhya Pradesh]3; and (ii) the relief of distress caused by serious drought, flood or other natural calamities in the said State: Provided that when the Fund exceeds [Seventy five]3 lakhs of rupees, the State Government may utilize the excess for any of the following purposes, namely :— (i) to meet expenditure on works for the prevention of famine in the said State; (ii) to grant loans to cultivators either under the Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883 (XIX of 1883), or under the Agriculturists' Loans Act, 1884 (XII of 1884), or for relief purposes and to meet irrecoverable balance of such loans; (iii) in the repayment of ordinary debt.
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